Word Meanings - DEVOTO - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A devotee. Dr. J. Scott.
Related words: (words related to DEVOTO)
- SCOTTICIZE
To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. - SCOTTISH
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect. - SCOTTISH TERRIER
See TERRIER - SCOTTERING
The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. - DEVOTEE
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy. - SCOTTICISM
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson. - MASCOT; MASCOTTE
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.