Middle English Dictionary Entry
desuētūde n.
Entry Info
Forms | desuētūde n. Also dissuetude. |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Discontinuance of a practice, disuse.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)303 : But this crafte dissuetude Hath take away; here is noon exercise Of disciplyne, as whilom was the gise.