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
And then say "Sacy avaunt, so how," I thou praye, etc.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
And where there are a Laurel and a Rose, Beneath whose branches wide a broode doth haunt; The whom high walls and fretted gates enclose, Where goode may enter, badde are bidde avaunt.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
I'll have no more to do with gods, nor men; Hence, from my arms, avaunt.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
But if thou art some evil thing of this waste, avaunt thee!'
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Gilbert, Henry
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