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aroint
[
uh
-
roint
]
Origin
a·roint
/
əˈrɔɪnt
/
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[
uh
-
roint
]
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verb (imperative)
Obsolete
.
begone:
Aroint thee, varlet!
Origin:
1595–1605;
of uncertain origin
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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aroint
intr. verb, c.1600, used by Shakespeare (only in imperative: "begone!"), obsolete and of obscure origin. "[T]he subject of numerous conjectures, none of which can be said to have even a prima facie probability." [OED]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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