avaunt
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of avaunt
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French avant to the front < Late Latin ab ante before ( Latin: from before). See ab-, ante-
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Did anybody see which way he went? What an exciting day, what? Sa sa cy avaunt, cy sa avaunt, sa cy avaunt!”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Avaunt, foul fiend!" spake the child, and his voice was like a trumpet-note; "avaunt to hell!
From Folk-lore and Legends: German by Anonymous
So avaunt before I sick the police on ye.'
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
But, sires, by your leave that am not I, For, God be thankèd, I dare make avaunt, I feel my limbes stark and suffisaunt.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
Foul birds, avaunt, nor scare My fluttering soul.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
