Main Entry: de·vout

Pronunciation: \di-ˈvau̇t\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin devotus, from Latin, past participle of devovēre

Date: 13th century

1 : devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
2 : expressing devotion or piety <a devout attitude>
3 a : devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious, earnest <a devout baseball fan> <born a devout coward — G. B. Shaw> b : warmly sincere <a devout wish for peace>

— de·vout·ly adverb

— de·vout·ness noun