aroint

[ uh-roint ]
/ əˈrɔɪnt /

verb (imperative) Obsolete.

begone: Aroint thee, varlet!

Origin of aroint

First recorded in 1595–1605; of uncertain origin

Words nearby aroint

arnoldson, arnsberg, arnulf, aroha, aroid, aroint, aroint thee, aroma, aromantic, aromatase, aromatase inhibitor

Example sentences from the Web for aroint

  • 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 Adams

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

    The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain |William Carleton

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

    Folk-lore of Shakespeare |Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

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

    Trees. A Woodland Notebook |Herbert Maxwell