See Also: Obsolete(medicine)
obsolete(1)(dictionary)
obsolete(2)(dictionary)
obsolete(dictionary)
CROFT, obsolete(law)
CONTROVER, obsolete(law)
ALFET, obsolete(law)
ACREDULITARE, obsolete(law)
ACHERSET, obsolete(law)
ABEREMURDER, obsolete(law)

obsolete(1) (iou)



obsolete adjective & noun. L16.
[Latin obsoletus grown old, worn out, pa. pple of obsolescere: see OBSOLESCE.]
A. adjective.
No longer practised or used; outmoded, out of date. L16.
T. Benn The House of Lords should be abolished as an obsolete and unnecessary part of our constitution. B. Bryson Even when you strip out its obsolete senses, round still has twelve uses as an adjective.
Chiefly Biology. Indistinct; rudimentary, vestigial, almost or entirely absent. M18.
Effaced through erosion, atrophy, or deterioration. M19.
G. Downes The..Tomb of Nero..is embellished with carving, and bears a nearly obsolete inscription.
b. noun. A thing which is out of date or has fallen into disuse; a person who is out of date or behind the times. M17.
obsoletely adverb E19.
obsoleteness noun E17.
obso'letion noun (rare) obsoleteness; obsolescence: E19.
obsoletism noun (a) an obsolete term, phrase, custom, etc.; (b) obsoleteness: L18.