desuetudinous

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adjective

Of or pertaining to desuetude; of a law or statute, no longer observed, practiced or enforced.

OriginLatin dēsuētūdin- →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivedesuetudinous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to desuetude; of a law or statute, no longer observed, practiced or enforced.

    though a statute banning unmarried partners from co-habiting was widely thought to be desueditudinous (the doctrinal equivalent of "blue"), and thus "merely symbolic", some local district attorneys relied on it quite heavily

    1994, Janet E. Halley, “Bowers v. Hardwick in the Renaissance”, in Jonathan Goldberg, editor, Queering the Renaissance, page 28

Origin

  1. Latindēsuētūdin-
  2. Englishdesuetudinous

From Latin dēsuētūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of dēsuētūdō, from dēsuēscō + -tūdō, from dē- + suēscō. By surface analysis, desue(te) + -tude + -ous.

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APA

desuetudinous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desuetudinous

MLA

“desuetudinous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desuetudinous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desuetudinous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desuetudinous.

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