devoid
/dɪˈvɔɪd/ adjective, verb
Forms devoids devoiding devoided
- adjective Completely without; having none of [with of] “I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.”
- verb (obsolete) To empty out; to remove. “The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.”
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Etymology
From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To empty out; to remove.
- adjective Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] Spenser.
- adjective Destitute; not in possession; --with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
Etymology [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See Void.]
Etymology [See Devoid, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “devoid”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details