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devoted
English
Etymology
From devote +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v??t?d/
Verb
devoted
- simple past tense and past participle of devote
Adjective
devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)
- Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
- Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
- Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
- Zealous; characterized by devotion.
- (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:
- The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].
- 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:
- They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:
Derived terms
- devotedly
- devotedness
Translations
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diligent
English
Etymology
From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin d?lig?ns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of d?lig? (“to love, esteem much, literally to choose, select”), from d?-, dis- (“apart”) + leg? (“to choose”); see elect and select.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?l?d??nt/
Adjective
diligent (comparative more diligent, superlative most diligent)
- Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
Alternative forms
- deligent (archaic)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:industrious
Derived terms
- diligently
Related terms
- diligence
Translations
Further reading
- diligent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- diligent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin diligens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /di.li??ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /di.li??en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /di.li?d??ent/
Adjective
diligent (masculine and feminine plural diligents)
- diligent (performing with intense concentration)
Derived terms
- diligentment
Related terms
- diligència
Further reading
- “diligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin diligens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.li.???/
Adjective
diligent (feminine singular diligente, masculine plural diligents, feminine plural diligentes)
- diligent (performing with intense concentration)
Derived terms
- diligemment
Related terms
- diligence
Further reading
- “diligent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
d?ligent
- third-person plural future active indicative of d?lig?
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