English

Verb

oint ‎(third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

1. (now rare, poetic) To anoint.
   • Dryden

     They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.

   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.25:

     to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.

Catalan

Etymology

Present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audiēns, audientem.

Verb

oint

1. present participle of oir

Noun

oint

1. (archaic) hearer

Synonyms

• oïdor

French

Etymology

From Latin unctus.

Verb

oint m ‎(feminine singular ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)

1. past participle of oindre

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Verb

oint

1. past participle of oindre

Etymology 2

Latin unctum.

Noun

oint m ‎(oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)

1. lard; fat; grease
2. ointment