avaunt

English

Etymology

1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).

Interjection

avaunt

  1. (archaic) Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

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

  • avaunt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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 Vulgar Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”).

Preposition

avaunt

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