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obsolete
- /ˈɒbsəliːt/ UK
- /ˈɑbsəlit/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ɑbsəˈlit/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ˈɒbsəlit/ Canada, dialectal
- /ˈɔbsəliːt/ Australia
- /ˈɔ̟bsəliːt/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin obs-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléyeti
Proto-Italic *oleō
Latin *oleō
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Italic *-skō
Latin -sco
Latin olēscere
Latin obsolēscere
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin obsolētusbor.
English obsolete
Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.
adjective more obsolete · most obsolete · absolete
- No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded. Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
- Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark cen
Similar: anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated
verb obsoletes · obsoleting · obsoleted · absolete
- To cause to become obsolete. This software component has been obsoleted.
noun obsoletes · absolete
- An obsolete thing or person.
