anoil

A1N1O1I1L1

verb

To anoint with oil.

OriginOld French enoilier →
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Meanings

verbanoil (third-person singular simple present anoils, present participle anoiling, simple past and past participle anoiled)

present singular third person anoils · participle present anoiling · participle past anoiled · past anoiled

  1. obsoleteTo anoint with oil.

    Children were also christened, and men houseled and anoiled

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchenoilier
  2. Englishanoil

From Old French enoilier.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

IlonaaloinAilonLainoLinao
Cite this entry
APA

anoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anoil

MLA

“anoil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anoil. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anoil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anoil.

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