désuet

Meaning

1. obsolete, out of use, no longer in use
2. out of fashion, out of style, old-fashioned, passé

Concepts

obsolete

old-fashioned

outdated

dated

old-hat

antique

disused

ex

outmoded

out-of-date

out of fashion

passe

superannuated

horse-and-buggy

passee

anachronistic

out of style

anachronous

antediluvial

antiquated

archaic

demode

Synonyms

obsolète

démodé

dépassé

hors d’usage

passé de mode

périmé

suranné

antique

qui n’est pas de son temps

archaïque

ex

Translations

obsoleto

veraltet

eskimiş

antiquato

desfasado

defasado

obsolet

disusato

antiquado

desatualizado

rückständig

arcaica

überholt

obsolet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.zɥɛ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: dēsuētus

In summary

19th century, learned borrowing from Latin dēsuētus, past participle of dēsuēscere (“to unlearn, disaccustom”). The traditional pronunciation is that with /s/ because the Latin verb is from dē-suēscere, the first ⟨s⟩ being of the root. However, French-speakers tend to analyse it as dés-uet, which gives rise to the now predominant form with /z/.