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English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Pronunciation
Verb
oint (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 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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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
oint
- gerund of oir
Etymology 2
Ancient present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audientem.
Noun
oint
- (archaic) hearer
- Synonym: oïdor
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.
Pronunciation
Participle
oint (feminine ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)
- past participle of oindre
Noun
oint m (plural oints, feminine ointe)
- one who has been anointed.
- Il est l’oint du Seigneur. ― He is the Lord's anointed.
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Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin unctus.
Verb
oint
- past participle of oindre
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Latin unctum.
Noun
oint oblique singular, m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)
- lard; fat; grease
- ointment
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