avaunt
nounEtymology First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
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Obsolete A vaunt; a boast.
avaunt
intj/əˈvɔːnt/
Etymology First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
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Archaic Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
- Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
- Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion1793, Robert Burns, “Song Composed in August (Now Westlin Winds)”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd edition, volume II, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793, →OCLC, page 133:
2 more examples
- In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:
- He drew Adamcos and waved it at the monkey. “Avaunt, thou goblin!” he cried.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 145: