avaunt

[ uh-vawnt, uh-vahnt ]

adverbArchaic.
  1. away; hence.

Origin of avaunt

1
1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French avant to the front <Late Latin ab ante before (Latin: from before). See ab-, ante-

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avaunt

/ (əˈvɔːnt) /


sentence substitute
  1. archaic go away! depart!

Origin of avaunt

1
C15: from Old French avant! forward!, from Late Latin ab ante forward, from Latin ab from + ante before

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