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
Let other monsters stand avaunt, And read we of the elephant.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
English we regularly find avaunt, which comes from Old Fr. avanter, to put forward, from avant, before.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The waterfalls gleam fresh and cool in the glen: avaunt there, you non-possessors; you shall never see them!
From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant
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
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