peinct

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪŋkt/
• Rhymes: -eɪŋkt

Verb

peinct (third-person singular simple present peincts, present participle peincting, simple past and past participle peincted)

1. Obsolete form of paint.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:

     The shepheardes daughters to gather flowres,
     To peinct their girlonds with his colowres

Anagrams

• incept, pectin, pentic