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
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“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
Long envious cords my black portmanteau tighten; Billiards, begone! avaunt, illegal loo!
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur
I'll have no more to do with gods, nor men; Hence, from my arms, avaunt.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The dreadful presence of Paul's craze will not avaunt.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
The waterfalls gleam fresh and cool in the glen: avaunt there, you non-possessors; you shall never see them!
From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant
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