| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To drive or scare off by some exclamation.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: arointing, arointed, aroints, arointer, arointers, arointingly and arointedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Interjection | 1. Stand off, or begone.[Websters]. | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Aroint" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Aroint thee | Literature | Get ye gone, be off. In Cheshire they say, rynt ye, witch; and milk-maids say to their cows when they have done milking them, rynt ye. (or 'roint) my beauties; but it is doubtful whether this is connected with the word in question. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To drive or scare off by some exclamation.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: arointing, arointed, aroints, arointer, arointers, arointingly and arointedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Interjection | 1. Stand off, or begone.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "AROINT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Aroint thee | Literature | Get ye gone, be off. In Cheshire they say, rynt ye, witch; and milk-maids say to their cows when they have done milking them, rynt ye. (or 'roint) my beauties; but it is doubtful whether this is connected with the word in question. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||