avaunt
/əˈvɔːnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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, […]"
- "Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion"
- "In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!""
- "He drew Adamcos and waved it at the monkey. “Avaunt, thou goblin!” he cried."
- "But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt"
- "That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).