oint

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UK/ɔɪnt/

verb

To anoint.

OriginMiddle English ointen ← Anglo-Norman oint ← Old French oint →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person oints · participle present ointing · participle past ointed · past ointed

  1. archaicpoeticTo anoint.

    They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.

    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
    1 more example

    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.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 25, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unct

Origin

  1. Latinunguere
  2. Old Frenchoint
  3. Anglo-Normanoint
  4. Middle Englishointen
  5. Englishoint

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with oint

pointjointappointpointedisappointdisjointmidpointanointanchor pointarointcase in pointentry pointkindling pointKing's Pointmount pointNorris PointSchelling pointSylvian pointWoody Point
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Anagrams

intotionToni
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APA

oint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oint

MLA

“oint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oint.

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