peinct

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪŋkt/
Rhymes: -eɪŋkt

Verb

peinct (third-person singular simple present peincts, present participle peincting, simple past and past participle peincted)

Obsolete form of paint.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:
  The shepheardes daughters to gather flowres,
  To peinct their girlonds with his colowres

Anagrams

incept, pectin, pentic

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