devoid

English

Etymology

From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

devoid (not comparable)

1. Completely without; having none of.

   Synonyms: empty, vacant

   I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

   • 1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423:

     The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.

Derived terms

• devoidness

Translations

empty, completely without

Arabic: خَالِي (ḵālī), فَارِغ (fāriḡ) Armenian: զուրկ (hy) (zurk) Bulgarian: празен (bg) (prazen), лишен от (lišen ot) Chinese: Mandarin: 空的 Czech: postrádající (cs), nemající (cs) Danish: blottet (for) Dutch: verstoken zijn van Finnish: ei mitään (+ partitive; "devoid of sthg") French: dépourvu (fr) Georgian: რამეს მოკლებული (rames moḳlebuli), რამისგან დაცლილი (ramisgan daclili) German: frei (von) adj.: leer Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus) Hebrew: נעדר (he) (ne'edár), חסר (he) (khasár) Italian: privo (it), senza (it) Malayalam: ഒഴിവാക്കി (oḻivākki) Persian: فاقد (fa) (fâqed) Polish: pozbawiony Portuguese: destituído (pt), desprovido (pt) Romanian: golit (ro), fără de conținut Russian: пусто́й (ru) (pustój), поро́жний (ru) (poróžnij) Spanish: vacío (es), desprovisto (es), carente (es), desproveído (es)

Verb

devoid (third-person singular simple present devoids, present participle devoiding, simple past and past participle devoided)

1. (obsolete) To empty out; to remove.

   The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Anagrams

• voddie, voided