avaunt

American  

[uh-vawnt, uh-vahnt] / əˈvɔnt, əˈvɑnt /

adverb

Archaic.

1. away; hence.

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avaunt British  

/ əˈvɔːnt /

1. archaic go away! depart!

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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

Avaunt, sorceress: not this month �not until next July.

From Time Magazine Archive

Avaunt, thou grand sycophant of the nineteenth century, thou vile usurper of the people's throne!

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by Weaver, George Sumner

Avaunt ye, avaunt ye, in the name o the seven churches!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay

Avaunt, for I appeal from thy malice to God.

From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

Daylight phantoms— morning visions empty and vain— Avaunt!

From Tristan and Isolda Opera in Three Acts by Wagner, Richard