- Archaic immediately; at once
- : now nearly archaic or a self-conscious usage
- soon; shortly
- at another time
Origin of anon
Middle English from Old English on an accusative , into one, together, straightwayanon Idioms
ever and anon
now and then
adverb
Anon is defined as at another time, or soon.
An example of anon is when something is happening tomorrow.
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anon
adverb
- At another time; later.
- In a short time; soon.
- Archaic At once; forthwith.
Origin of anon
Middle English at once from Old English on ān on in ; see on . ān one ; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.anon.
abbreviation
anonymous
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Adverb
(not comparable)
- (archaic) Straightway; at once.
- Soon; in a little while.
- At another time; then; again.
Noun
(plural anons)
- An anonymous person, especially an author
- A work with an unknown author
- A work without a title
Origin
From anonymous, by shortening
Proper noun
- The name given when an author's name is unknown.
Origin
Shortened form of anonymous
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Sentence Examples
- Ever and anon a pamphlet issued from the pen of Burke.
- " As one goes through the poems, one is ever and anon face to face with a myth of the most childish and barbaric type," which " carries one back to prae-Aryan days."
- Across at the widest point and yet showing ridges capped with perpetual snows, the rivers, large or small, are mountain torrents, now swollen floods, anon half dry.
- But, as the exclusive privileges of the nobility were never recognized by any legal or formal act, men like Gaius Marius would ever and anon thrust themselves in.
- At first only one surface of the copper was plated with silver and thus its usefulness was necessarily restricted, but it was a simple matter to apply the silver to both sides and thenceforward whatever was made in solid metal could be reproduced in plate, and firm after firm went into the business, ever and anon introducing further improvements.
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