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Definition of Desuetudes
1. desuetude [n] - See also: desuetude
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desuetudes
Literary usage of Desuetudes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"Owing, I will believe, to Fred's sudden flurry in the unprovided moment,—unprovided,
by reason of prior desuetudes and discouragements to speech, ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... to Fred's sudden flurry in the unprovided moment,—unprovided, by reason of
prior desuetudes and discouragements to speech, on Papa's side. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Owing, I will believe, to Fred's sudden flurry in the unprovided moment,—
unprovided, by reason of prior desuetudes and discouragements to speech, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"Owing, I will believe, to Fred's sudden flurry in the unprovided moment,—
unprovided, by reason of prior desuetudes and discouragements to speech, ..."
5. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore (1855)
"... and limited them,(/) that the office has fallen into desuetudeS- -I Nevertheless,
after the desolating storm of the first Revolution had passed of er ..."
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