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Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being unaccustomed; lack of habit. archaic, uncountable

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

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unaccustomedness

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

Etymology

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

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