eftsoons
[eft-soonz]
- soon after.
- once again; anew.
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Historical Examples
Eftsoons they vanish and I am again alone, alone—what pathos in the word!
Notes of a Son and BrotherHenry James
Wherefore I do eftsoons intreat and require you to forbear to intermeddle any further.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. CompleteJohn Lothrop Motley
They rested two days, and then eftsoons proceeded on their voyage.
eftsoons
- soon afterwards
- repeatedly
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Word Origin
Old English eft sōna, literally: afterwards soon
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Word Origin and History for eftsoons
adv.
obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo-) + sona "immediately" (see soon). Not in living use since 17c.
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