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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: desvuidier 'to empty'

devoid

 adjective
     
de‧void formal

be devoid of something

to be completely lacking in something:
His face was devoid of any warmth or humour.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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