divitis

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noun

The practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements.

OriginEnglish div ← Iranian Persian دیوْ (div) ← Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) →
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Meanings

noundivitis (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryuncountableusuallycomputingThe practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deywós
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*daywás
  4. Proto-Iranian*daywáh
  5. Old Persian𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/)
  6. Middle Persian𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/)
  7. Iranian Persianدیوْ (div)
  8. Englishdiv
  9. Englishdivitis

From div + -itis.

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APA

divitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divitis

MLA

“divitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divitis.

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