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desuetude | x |

As a noun desuetude

is obsolescence.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

desuetude

English

(wikipedia desuetude)

Noun

  • disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)
  • *1819, Sir Walter Scott, Bride of Lammermoor
  • *:... we of the house of Ravenswood do our endeavour in keeping up, by all just and lawful exertion of our baronial authority, that due and fitting connexion betwixt superior and vassal, which is in some danger of falling into desuetude , owing to the general license and misrule of these present unhappy times.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----