English

Interjection

avaunt

1. (archaic) Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

Noun

avaunt ‎(plural avaunts)

1. (obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.

Verb

avaunt ‎(third-person singular simple present avaunts, present participle avaunting, simple past and past participle avaunted)

1. (obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.

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2. (obsolete) To depart; to move away.

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3. (archaic) To vaunt; to boast.

References

• avaunt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Old French

Alternative forms

• avant

Adverb

avaunt

1. (late Anglo-Norman) before; earlier (with respect to time)

References

• avaunt on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) avant
• (Sursilvan) avon
• (Sutsilvan) avànt

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‎(“front, forehead”).

Preposition

avaunt

1. (Puter) ago

Related terms

• aunz ‎(“before, beforehand”)