aroint

English

Etymology

Origin unknown, but sometimes suggested to be connected with rynt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Verb

aroint (third-person singular simple present aroints, present participle arointing, simple past and past participle arointed)

1. (archaic) to dispel, to drive away
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee!

   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog:

     Whiskered cats arointed flee,
     Sturdy stoppers keep from thee
     Cologne distillations.

See also

• rynt

Anagrams

• -inator, Natori, Nortia, Onrait, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, ration