avaunt
interjection
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Pronunciation: /əˈvɔːnt/
intj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Late Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Late Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
- Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
“Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]”
“Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Late Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Late Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
- A vaunt; a boast.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Late Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Late Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
- To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
“But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt”
- To depart; to move away.
“That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion.”
- To vaunt; to boast.