aroint
[ uh-roint ]
verb (imperative)Obsolete.
begone: Aroint thee, varlet!
Origin of aroint
1First recorded in 1595–1605; of uncertain origin
Words Nearby aroint
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How to use aroint in a sentence
You shall not make a poetry cocktail out of Tennyson and Coleridge, and jam it down my throat; or I'll aroint myself.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins AdamsSince 'aroint thee, witch,' is your creed, I think you had better try him.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain | William CarletonIt has been suggested that the singular expression, "aroint, thee, witch!"
Trees. A Woodland Notebook | Herbert MaxwellThat aroint is equivalent to away, begone, seems to be agreed, though its etymology is uncertain.
Folk-lore of Shakespeare | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
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