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anoint

/əˈnɔɪnt/uh-NOYNT
/əˈnɔɪnt/uh-NOYNT

Meaningsmear

Common meaning: apply oil ceremonially

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√ANG‘anoint, smear’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 13, p. 731 · scan
  2. Latinungere‘smear’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftssmear → anointedenoint‘anointed’source
  4. Middle Englishverb-anointensource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsanointed → apply oil ceremoniallyanoint‘apply oil ceremonially’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ungere ‘smear’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ANOINT, p. 25 · dictionary scan

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