07 April 2013

never heard this one before...

desuetude
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛswɪtjuːd/

†1.
a. A discontinuance of the use or practice (of anything); disuse; †protracted cessation from.

b. The passing into a state of disuse.

2. The condition or state into which anything falls when one ceases to use or practice it; the state of disuse.

[OED Online]

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