devout

Contents

English

Etymology

From Old French devot (French dévot)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvaʊt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /dəˈvʌʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt

Adjective

devout (comparative devouter or more devout, superlative devoutest or most devout)

1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
   • 1611 King James Bible, Acts x. 2

     a devout man, and one that feared God

   • (Can we date this quote by Rogers?)

     We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.

2. (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.

   devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture

3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.

   devout wishes for one's welfare

Translations

devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties

• Arabic: مُتَدَيِّن‎ m (mutadayyin)
• Bulgarian: набожен (bg) (nabožen), благочестив (bg) (blagočestiv)
• Danish: from (da)
• Esperanto: pia (eo)
• Greek: ευσεβής (el) m (efsevís)

  Ancient Greek: εὐσεβής (eusebḗs)

• Hungarian: vallásos (hu), ájtatos (hu), istenfélő (hu)

• Irish: urnaitheach, cráifeach
• Italian: devoto (it)
• Japanese: 敬虔な (ja) (けいけんな, kēken na)
• Portuguese: devoto (pt) m
• Russian: на́божный (ru) (nábožnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach
• Spanish: devoto (es) m, devota (es) f

Noun

devout (plural devouts)

1. (obsolete) A devotee.
2. (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

References

• devout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913