anon
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from AS. on in + an one. See on and one.
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anon (not comparable)
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- (obsolete) Straightway; at once.
- The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. --Matt. xiii. 20.
- 1866, Algernon Swinburne, After death, lines 47-50
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon:
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- Soon; in a little while.
- As it shall better appear anon. --Stow.
- At another time; then; again.
- Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. --Shak.
[edit] Etymology 2
From anonymous, by shortening
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anon (plural anons)
- An anonymous person, especially an author
- 1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, vol. 1, page 94
- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- 1940, w:Virginia Woolf, "Anon".
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- 2004, Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre, page 207
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- 2006, J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English, page 185
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- 1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, vol. 1, page 94
- A work with an unknown author
- 1984, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "---and ladies of the club", page 214
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons" and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her and Cast Away in The Cold. Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.
- 1984, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "---and ladies of the club", page 214
- A work without a title
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anon (not comparable)
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[edit] Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧non
- IPA: [ˈɑnon]
[edit] Verb
anon
- First-person singular indicative present form of anoa.