oint

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oint, Middle French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔɪnt/

Verb

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

1. (now rare, poetic) To anoint.
   • Dryden

     They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.

   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.25:

     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, INTO, Toni, into, noit, on it

Etymology

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

Verb

oint

1. present participle of oir

Noun

oint

1. (archaic) hearer

Etymology

From Latin unctus.

Verb

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

1. past participle of oindre

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Etymology 2

Latin unctum.