First Known Use: 15th century
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devoid
adjective de·void \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>
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Origin of DEVOID
Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider, from des- dis- + voider to empty — more at void
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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
DEVOID Defined for Kids
devoid
adjective de·void \di-ˈvȯid\
Definition of DEVOID for Kids
: completely without <The room was devoid of decoration.>
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