devout
pronunciation
How to pronounce devout in British English:
UK [dɪˈvaʊt]
How to pronounce devout in American English:
US [dɪˈvaʊt]
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- Adjective:
- devoutly religious
- earnest
Word Origin
- devout
- devout: [13] Essentially, devout and devote [16] are the same word; they come from an identical source, but reached English along different routes. That source is dēvōtus, the past participle of Latin dēvovēre, which was a compound formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vovēre ‘promise’ (source of English vote and vow). This entered English originally via Old French devot as an adjective, and was then reborrowed directly from Latin in the 16th century as the basis for a verb.=> devote, vote, vow
- devout (adj.)
- early 13c., from Old French devot "pious, devoted, assiduous," from Latin devotus "given up by vow, devoted," past participle of devovere "dedicate by vow" (see devotion).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Even deeply devout women did not wear a hijab .
- 2. Mr studzinski is a devout roman catholic .
- 3. All three of them are devout evangelical christians .
- 4. Mrs basumatary is a devout christian .
- 5. The devout christian who led his country into four wars .