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Grammar : Adj
Spell : des-ti-toot, -tyoot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs tɪˌtut, -ˌtyut

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Définition of destitute

Origin :
  • late 14c., "abandoned, forsaken," from Latin destitutus "abandoned," past participle of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," causative of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is 1530s.
  • adj down and out; wanting
Example sentences :
  • Gosse found the country generally poor and destitute of water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • He found the district to the north to be a dreary waste, destitute of food and water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Do you think me destitute of every honest, every natural feeling?
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • Remember the interpositions of God to supply the necessities of the destitute.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • His eyes travelled over her hands and neck, destitute of ornaments.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • But do you really think the Winter is so destitute of comforts?
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • If you aske why the plaines in Holderns, and such countries are destitute of woods?
  • Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
  • But it was destitute of mariners, itself seeming to live and move.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • When I knew him, Rossetti was destitute of cheerfulness or content.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
  • They are without respiration or motion, but still not destitute of vitality.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

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