oint
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editoint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)
- (now rare, poetic) To anoint.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 25, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.
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editoint
Etymology 2
editAncient present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audientem.
Noun
editoint
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editoint (feminine ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)
- past participle of oindre
Noun
editoint m (plural oints, feminine ointe)
- one who has been anointed.
- Il est l’oint du Seigneur. ― He is the Lord's anointed.
Further reading
edit- “oint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editoint
- past participle of oindre
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editoint oblique singular, m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)
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