devoid
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.de·void
adjective \di-ˈvȯid\Definition of DEVOID
: being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment —used with of <an argument devoid of sense> <a landscape devoid of life>
See Examples of DEVOID
- <the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs>
- <the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes>
Origin of DEVOID
Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider, from des- dis- + voider to empty — more at void
First Known Use: 15th century
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Rhymes with DEVOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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