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avaunt

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈvɔːnt/

Definition of avaunt

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (archaic)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”
    “In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"”
    “He drew Adamcos and waved it at the monkey. “Avaunt, thou goblin!” he cried.”
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intj

  1. (archaic)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”
    “In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"”
    “He drew Adamcos and waved it at the monkey. “Avaunt, thou goblin!” he cried.”

noun

  1. (obsolete)A vaunt; a boast.

verb

  1. (obsolete)To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
    “But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt”
  2. (obsolete)To depart; to move away.
    “That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion.”
  3. (archaic)To vaunt; to boast.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap 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 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”).

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