oint

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

1. (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 403869432:

     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 946730821:

     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.

Anagrams

• -tion, -toin, INTO, Toni, into, noit, on it

Catalan

Etymology

Present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audiēns, audientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /uˈint/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈin/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈint/

Verb

oint

1. present participle of oir

Noun

oint

1. (archaic) hearer

Synonyms

• oïdor

French

Etymology

From Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̃/

Participle

oint (feminine ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)

1. past participle of oindre

Noun

oint m (plural oints, feminine ointe)

1. One who has been anointed

   l'oint du seigneur

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Further reading

• “oint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Verb

oint

1. past participle of oindre

Descendants

• Middle French: oint
  • French: oint

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Noun

oint m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)

1. lard; fat; grease
2. ointment

Related terms

• ointure