Dude for fucks sake

what are you talking about????

ahahah

Eh wdym? It's an actual word xd

but the wrong one. it is supposed to at least be "appoint" or "appointed". how can you guys in the comments not have realised this ? were you skimming? :D

It is actually "anoint" because the setting is in historical age. So, its kinda like a traditional/religious ceremonial to formalize someone status to a higher rank....
Another example to use this word is:
"The emperor has anointed the new high priest".
So...
Anoint or Anointed is an actual word that very rarely used....
It's also can be applied to object, example:
"Kuna Indians anoint the tips of their arrows with poison".

^^ super right. You see the word used often in history books and some religious texts (ie. Roman catholic). Its just used sparingly in everyday conversation though so some may not be used to it.

I am not native English speaker. And at first I also confused reading this like, “the heck is anoint?”
But it is my habit to (google) research everything I read/watch that I don’t understand or if I am interested in the topic. So of course... Once I saw there’s so many “anoint” word here, I am curious and quickly googled it if that’s an actual word or just misspelled.

Thats a great habit to have! English was my third language, but for the past 14 years its the main language I've spoken. Finding the definition of words when I found an unfamiliar one really helped me learn the language quicker. Also for someone who's not a native speaker you're realllly good :)

wow. i still hate this word though. i did look it up, as i was confused to never have encountered such a word before and it sounded like a mistake, but who knows, so i looked it up. and i get the german meaning. it is similar to "being balmed"....but it was so weird. it sounds anticlimatic. they do not talk in old english, or in verses or in any way highly formal....so it seems out of place to me. thank you for your explanation. but i still feel like reading that word over and over was an eyesore....ew

Thanks. I currently living overseas where mostly speak English for about 7-8 years now...
English also my 3rd language. My first is Tionghoanesse, and 2nd is Indonesian.
But, because I mostly speak English now, my Indonesian & Tionghoanesse getting worse like slowly forgetting them... it’s kinda sad...

Lol.. yeah, the word is indeed annoying to me as well.
I think because this story have quite strong believe on spiritualist thingy like curse and shaman and stuff... so they use “anoint” to suit the genre?

Same! I learned english since third grade. And am currently also living in the UK. It has also become my third language. I speak on native level. That is why, this word completely confused the crap out of me and made me a bit angry hahaha

Yeah I was pretty confused cuz that word is pretty normal to be used in historical setting( ◜‿◝ )♡ I get why it can be annoying tho lol

i read so much...be it asian stuff or european/american....manga and novels...but never read this word before....even in my academic books (yet).....that is why this sounded so alien to me and made me almost mad to see over and over again hahaha...because the way i read it it sounded so fucking annoying in my headvoice