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
So avaunt before I sick the police on ye.'
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
If aught thou carest to bring Before our council, leave forbidden ground, And there, where all have liberty, Speak,—but till then, avaunt thee!
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
And I, at the least, have no spell to bid them avaunt.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
Foul birds, avaunt, nor scare My fluttering soul.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
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