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devout
[
dih-
vout
]
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Origin
de·vout
/
dɪˈvaʊt
/
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[
dih-
vout
]
Show IPA
adjective,
-er,
-est.
1.
devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious:
a devout Catholic.
2.
expressing devotion or piety:
devout prayer.
3.
earnest or sincere; hearty:
He had a devout allegiance to the political regime.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
<
Anglo-French,
Old French
devo
(
u
)
t
<
Late Latin
dēvotus,
Latin:
devoted;
see
devote
Related forms
de·vout·ly,
adverb
de·vout·ness,
noun
non·de·vout,
adjective
non·de·vout·ly,
adverb
non·de·vout·ness,
noun
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un·de·vout,
adjective
un·de·vout·ly,
adverb
un·de·vout·ness,
noun
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Synonyms
1.
worshipful; holy, saintly.
See
religious.
3.
intense, serious, fervent, ardent.
Antonyms
1.
irreverent.
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Some miracles seem to have much more profound implications, at least to the
devout
.
From his childhood he was remarkably pious and
devout
.
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devout
.
Adjective
From his childhood he was remarkably pious and
devout
.
It was a shocking image in the
devout
ly Buddhist nation.
But they are still cherished by
devout
meteor observers.
Stack was a
devout
Christian who led by example, family members said.
As it happens, both were
devout
Muslims who pray five times a day.
And they're all not any less serious, informed, sincere or
devout
for doing so.
Such things,
devout
Sikhs insist, never happen inside a gurdwara.
But my mother is a
devout
Catholic, my father a convinced atheist.
Linnaeus, a
devout
Christian with no concept of evolution, today might barely recognize much of the system he spawned.
She is a
devout
Buddhist and there was a definite link in terms of the imagery she filled her studio with.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
devout
(dɪˈvaʊt)
—
adj
1.
deeply religious; reverent
2.
sincere; earnest; heartfelt:
a devout confession
[C13: from Old French
devot,
from Late Latin
dēvōtus,
from Latin: faithful; see
devote
]
de'voutly
—
adv
de'voutness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
devout
early 13c., from O.Fr. devot, from L. devotus "given up by vow, devoted," pp. of devovere "dedicate by vow" (see
devotion
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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