anointed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnɔɪn.tɪd/

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Verb

anointed

1. simple past and past participle of anoint.

Adjective

anointed (not comparable)

1. Having undergone the process of anointing.
2. (dated slang) Utter; thorough; eminent.
   • 1898, George Lewis Becke, Roman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories:

     I wonder if she has the faintest idea of what an anointed scoundrel he is?

Derived terms

• unanointed

Translations

having been anointed

• German: gesalbt (de)
• Russian: пома́занный (ru) (pomázannyj), нама́занный (ru) (namázannyj)
• Swedish: smord (sv)

Noun

anointed (plural anointeds)

1. A person who has been anointed, especially religiously.

Derived terms

• the Lord's Anointed

Translations

a person who has been anointed, especially for religious reasons

• Armenian: օծյալ (ōcyal)
• French: oint (fr) m
• Galician: unxido
• German: Gesalbter (de) m
• Greek: χριστός (el) m (christós)
• Hungarian: felkent (hu)
• Italian: unto (it) m
• Latin: ūnctus
• Polish: pomazaniec (pl) m, namaszczony m
• Portuguese: ungido m
• Russian: пома́занник (ru) m (pomázannik)
• Spanish: ungido (es) m

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