aroint

[ uh-roint ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (imperative)

, Obsolete.

Origin of aroint¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; of uncertain origin

You shall not make a poetry cocktail out of Tennyson and Coleridge, and jam it down my throat; or I'll aroint myself.

Since 'Aroint thee, witch,' is your creed, I think you had better try him.

It has been suggested that the singular expression, "Aroint, thee, witch!"

That aroint is equivalent to away, begone, seems to be agreed, though its etymology is uncertain.

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