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Definition of avaunt in English: avauntexclamation əˈvɔːntəˈvônt archaic Go away. 〈古〉走开 avaunt, you worm-faced fellows of the night! 滚开,你们这些猥琐的黑夜的败类! Example sentencesExamples - He led the litany with, ‘Christians, avaunt! ‘and the crowd responded, ‘Epicureans, avaunt!’
- To thee, O Sickness, I say avaunt!
- Avaunt, and quit my sight!
Synonyms go away, depart, leave, take off, get out, get out of my sight
OriginLate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French avant, from Latin ab 'from' + ante 'before'. Rhymesdaunt, flaunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, taunt, vaunt Definition of avaunt in US English: avauntexclamationəˈvônt archaic Go away. 〈古〉走开 avaunt, you worm-faced fellows of the night! 滚开,你们这些猥琐的黑夜的败类! Example sentencesExamples - To thee, O Sickness, I say avaunt!
- He led the litany with, ‘Christians, avaunt! ‘and the crowd responded, ‘Epicureans, avaunt!’
- Avaunt, and quit my sight!
Synonyms go away, depart, leave, take off, get out, get out of my sight
OriginLate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French avant, from Latin ab ‘from’ + ante ‘before’. |