obsolescent
English
Etymology
From Latin obsolescentum.
Adjective
obsolescent (comparative more obsolescent, superlative most obsolescent)
- In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
- 1946 (posthumous), Keith Douglas, "Aristocrats," in Collected Poems (1977)
- How can I live among this gentle
- obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?
- 1946 (posthumous), Keith Douglas, "Aristocrats," in Collected Poems (1977)
Related terms
Translations
in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
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French
Adjective
obsolescent (feminine singular obsolescente, masculine plural obsolescents, feminine plural obsolescentes)
Latin
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