Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: agone
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of ago.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Three days agone I fell sick."
"And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind, / Subdued; as poets say, long agone, / Bold Sir George, Saint George did the dragon."
"Now be attentive while I tell you one Out of a hundred and a hundred stories 'Tis one, however, that concerns us more Than all the rest, because it was my own Great-great-grandfather that the thing befell, In the old time, in years long since agone."

Etymology

From a- + gone, see ago.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Usage

Archaic

Synonyms

ago

Rhymes With

on one time on got it going on john son won gone upon build on none sir john

Questions

What does agone mean?: Alternative form of ago.
Where does agone come from?: From a- + gone, see ago.

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