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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aroint

/əˈɹɔɪnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aroint
IPA
/əˈɹɔɪnt/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

avaunt; begone; go away; leave!

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

to dispel; to send away.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain, and subject to various attempts to connect it to multiple Germanic and Romance etymons; first attested in the First Folio, and sometimes posited to be an error for anoint, referring to a witch’s supposed flight-facilitating ointment, and thus being a commandment for her to anele herself and fly away; also said to be taken from the phrase rowan tree, thought to dispel witches.

Usage

Inflected Forms

aroints (present, singular) arointing (participle, present) arointed (participle, past) arointed (past)

Rhymes With

point case in point cases in point joint entry point mount point anchor point appoint disappoint pointe midpoint kindling point

Questions

How do you pronounce aroint?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹɔɪnt/.
What does aroint mean?
avaunt; begone; go away; leave!
Where does aroint come from?
Uncertain, and subject to various attempts to connect it to multiple Germanic and Romance etymons; first attested in the First Folio, and sometimes posited to be an error for anoint, referring to a witch’s supposed flight-facilitating ointment, and thus being a commandment for her to anele herself and fly away; also said to be taken from the phrase rowan tree, thought to dispel witches.

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