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English
Etymology
From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.
Pronunciation
Verb
oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)
- (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:
- 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:
- 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.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
oint
Etymology 2
Ancient present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audientem.
Noun
oint
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.
Pronunciation
Participle
oint (feminine ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)
- past participle of oindre
Noun
oint m (plural oints, feminine ointe)
- one who has been anointed.
- Il est l'oint du Seigneur. ― He is the Lord's anointed.
Further reading
- “oint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Old French
Etymology 1
Verb
oint
- past participle of oindre
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
oint oblique singular, m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)
Related terms
- ointure
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