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Love's marathon runner, still showing up when the cheering crowd went home decades ago
means Completely committed and loyal to a person, cause, or activity, with steady loving dedication over time.
from From Latin 'devotus,' the past participle of 'devovere'—to vow or dedicate—built from 'de-' (down, completely) plus 'vovere' (to vow), the same 'vovere' that gives us 'vow' and 'votive.' Originally it carried a sacred weight: to be devoted was to be solemnly pledged, even sacrificed, to the gods. The religious devotion came first; the romantic and everyday senses followed, but that note of a binding promise never quite faded.
- latin root
- From devovere, to vow or sacrifice utterly
- roman ritual
- Generals 'devoted' themselves to die for victory
- dogs
- Hachiko waited at the station nine years
- opposite
- Devotion is loyalty that survives being inconvenient
mother teresa — worked in calcutta slums for 50 years caring for the dying poor
jane goodall — studied chimpanzees in gombe stream for 60+ years starting 1960
florence nightingale — pioneered modern nursing during crimean war 1853-56, revolutionized hospital care