Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being unaccustomed or unused; unusualness.
Wiktionary
- n. archaic The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.
Etymologies
- Latin insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; prefix in- not + suetus, past participle of suescere to be accustomed. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“_ Absurdities and enormities are great in proportion to custom or insuetude.”
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Gimme Some -tude
Words ending in -tude.
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pavonine The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.
Dec 9, 2007