devout
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English devout, devot, from Old French devot (French dévot), from Latin dēvōtus, perfect passive participle of dēvōveō. Doublet of devote.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
devout (comparative devouter or more devout, superlative devoutest or most devout)
- Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 10:2:
- a devout man, and one that feared God
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of our God.
- (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
- devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture
- Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
- devout wishes for one's welfare
TranslationsEdit
devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties
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NounEdit
devout (plural devouts)
ReferencesEdit
- “devout” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French devot, devout, from Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised”).
AdjectiveEdit
devout
- devout
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 21-22:
- Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage
To Caunterbury with ful devout corage,- Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
To Canterbury, full devout at heart,
- Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
- sacred, holy
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “dēvǒut, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.