Meaning & use
Aroint
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An archaic command meaning "begone" or "get away," used mainly in the phrase "aroint thee."
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"Aroint thee, witch," the sailor's wife cried, echoing the line from Macbeth.
The old ballad has the ghost commanded to aroint from the house forever.
A note on using this word
The word's origin is uncertain, but it survives today almost entirely because Shakespeare used it in both "Macbeth" and "King Lear."
Words with a similar meaning
begoneavaunt
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