Word of the Day - Devoid

Devoid (usually followed by 'of')
[Adjective]

PRONUNCIATION:
dih-VOID

MEANING:
1. Entirely lacking or free from; destitute.
2. To deplete or strip of some quality, substance, or meaning.

ETYMOLOGY:
Circa 1400, shortening of devoided, pp. of obsolete verb devoiden "to remove, void, vacate" (1300), from Old French desvuidier (Modern French d'vider) "to empty out, flush game from, unwind, let loose (an arrow)," from des- "out, away" + voider "to empty," from voide "empty"

QUOTE WITH THE WORD:
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The author of that quote was not devoid of reason or faith

He was also not devoid of a dream

Well said.

Poems-and-Quotes happens to be devoid of privacy; sadly, though we are not devoid of drama.

Jane, where do you get the etymological info for these words? I'd like to add another source to my repertoir.

Usually http://www.etymonline.com/, but I use multiple sites and sometimes combine.

Etymonline is my favorite website. It's in my bookmarks tab. :)

Bodacious. Jordan, you're a linguist, would you like to do WOTD sometimes? :)

I COULD. Haha, might make things a bit interesting. :P

How d'you go about it?

Whenever you feel like it, post up a "Word of the Day - Word" thread like this one and in this forum and provide the information that I do. Feel free to embellish! Add whatever details you like and have fun with it. Try to pick "poetic" words, whatever that means, and don't start up threads too close together. We can take turns and if you enjoy it, I'll hand the whole thing over to you.

Sound good?

Sibs picked the word FART once.

BEST THREAD EVER.

I'm in.