victoriousvocabulary:

DEVOID

[adjective]

1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute.

2. absence of.

[verb]

3. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance.

Etymology: from Old French devoider, from des-, “out, away” + voider, “to empty,” from voide, “empty”, from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus, “empty” from vacāre, “to be empty”.

[Lee Price]

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