anoint
/əˈnɔɪnt/uh-NOYNT
/əˈnɔɪnt/uh-NOYNT
Meaningsmear
Common meaning: apply oil ceremonially
- anointsmearSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 25 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√ANG‘anoint, smear’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 13, p. 731 · scan
- Latinungere‘smear’source
- Old Frenchmeaning shiftssmear → anointedenoint‘anointed’source
- Middle Englishverb-anointensource
- 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
Roots
- ungere Latin “smear”
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