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anon
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) +? ?n (“one”). See on and one.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n?n/ enPR: *?-n?n'
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Hyphenation: a?non
Adverb
anon (not comparable)
- (archaic) Straight away; at once.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- CALIBAN: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, / I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon:
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- Soon; in a little while.
- At another time; then; again.
Derived terms
- ever and anon
- still and anon
Translations
Etymology 2
From anonymous, by shortening
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /??n?n/
Noun
anon (plural anons)
- An anonymous person, especially an author.
- 1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, vol. 1, page 94
- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- 1940, Virginia Woolf, "Anon".
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- 2004, Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre, page 207
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- 2006, J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English, page 185
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- 1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, vol. 1, page 94
- A work with an unknown author.
- 1984, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club", page 214
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons" and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her and Cast Away in The Cold. Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.
- 1984, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club", page 214
- A work without a title.
Translations
Adjective
anon (not comparable)
- anonymous
Related terms
- anonym
- anonymal
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymosity
- anonymous
- anonymously
- anonymousness
Anagrams
- 'onna, Nona, Onan, nano, nano-, nona-, onna
Esperanto
Noun
anon
- accusative singular of ano
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??non/, [??no?n]
- Rhymes: -?non
- Syllabification: a?non
Noun
anon
- Genitive singular form of ano.
Verb
anon
- First-person singular present indicative form of anoa.
Anagrams
- nano-
Middle English
Alternative forms
- anan, anone, anoon, onan, onon
Etymology
From Old English on ?n, equivalent to on + an.
Adverb
anon
- anon (straight away, at once)
- continually, on and on
- all the way
Descendants
- English: anon
- Scots: on-ane, one-ane, onan
References
- “an-?n, adv. & conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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bedeen
English
Etymology
From Middle English bedene, bidene, of uncertain origin. Believed to be a formation of bid-, alteration (perhaps through conflation with Middle English mid (“with”) or with) of bi (“by”) + ene (“once”), from Old English ?ne (“once, at once”), related to Old English ?n (“one”), equivalent to be- +? one.
Adverb
bedeen (not comparable)
- (obsolete) As a single unit or body; together.
- all bedeen
- (obsolete) In order; one after another; in single file.
- (obsolete) Immediately; forthwith; quickly; straightway; anon; soon; early on; by and by.
Anagrams
- bendee
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