aroint
English
Etymology
Origin unknown, but sometimes suggested to be connected with rynt.
Pronunciation
Verb
aroint (third-person singular simple present aroints, present participle arointing, simple past and past participle arointed)
- (archaic) to dispel, to drive away
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.iv
- And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee!
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Whiskered cats arointed flee,
Sturdy stoppers keep from thee
Cologne distillations.
- Whiskered cats arointed flee,
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear III.iv