avaunt

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English

Etymology

First used 1275–1325; (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French avant (to the front).

Interjection

avaunt

  1. (archaic) Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.

Noun

avaunt (plural avaunts)

  1. (obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.

Verb

avaunt (third-person singular simple present avaunts, present participle avaunting, simple past and past participle avaunted)

  1. (obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) To depart; to move away.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Coverdale to this entry?)
  3. (archaic) To vaunt; to boast.

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Adverb

avaunt

  1. (late Anglo-Norman) before; earlier (with respect to time)

References


Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) avant
  • (Sursilvan) avon
  • (Sutsilvan) avànt

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin abante, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ab + ante, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (front, forehead).

Preposition

avaunt

  1. (Puter) ago
  • aunz (before, beforehand)