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Devout vs Undevout - What's the difference?

devout | undevout |

As adjectives the difference between devout and undevout

is that devout is devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious while undevout is not devout.

As a noun devout

is (obsolete) a devotee.

devout

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  • * Bible, Acts x. 2
    • a devout man, and one that feared God
  • * Rogers
    • We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
  • (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
    • devout''' sighs; '''devout''' eyes; a '''devout posture
  • Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
    • devout wishes for one's welfare

    Noun

    (s)
  • (obsolete) A devotee.
  • (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

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    undevout

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not devout.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1874, author=Charles Kingsley, title=All Saints' Day and Other Sermons, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=If we could but remember that, there would be no fear of our being ungodly, irreligious, undevout . }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1920, author=E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross, title=Mount Music, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Larry was undevout , careless, thinking little of spiritual things, so little, that he had scarcely troubled himself either to question or to accept what he had been taught, but he was quick to respond to emotion of any kind; now he listened, with an unaccustomed reverence, to Barty's voice, brokenly whispering the prayers of his Church. }}