devour
/dɪˈvaʊɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.17 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future."
- "The fire was devouring the building."
- "If ye refuse[…]ye shall be devoured with the sword."
- "Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities."
- "She intended to devour the book."
- "Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷerh₃-, devouren, devorer, dēvorō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈvaʊɚ/
- British English: /dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/