aroint

[uh-roint] Origin

a·roint

[uh-roint]
verb (imperative) Obsolete.
begone: Aroint thee, varlet!

Origin:
1595–1605; of uncertain origin
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Aroint is one of our favorite verbs.
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to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
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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]
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