insuetude

English

Etymology

From Latin insuetudo, from insuetus (“unaccustomed”), from in- (“not”) + suetus, past participle of suescere (“to be accustomed”).

Noun

insuetude (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; lak of habit.

   Synonym: unaccustomedness

   • 1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Rousseau and Malesherbes”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.

References

• “insuetude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.