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Definition of 'anon'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from on (in) + an (one). See on and one.
Adverb
( -)
(archaic) Straightway; at once.
* 1610 , , 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.
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- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
* {{quote-book| year = 1866
| author = Algernon Swinburne
| authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
| title = After death
| section = lines 47–50
}}
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon :
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
Soon; in a little while.
* {{quote-book| year = 1598
| author = John Stow
| authorlink = John Stow
| title = A Suruay of London
| ol = 18584211M
| passage = for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone .
| transliteration = forasmuch as the same consisteth not in the extremes, but in a very mediocrity of wealth and riches, as it shall better appear anon .
}}
At another time; then; again.
* {{quote-book| year = 1593
| author = William Shakespeare
| authorlink = William Shakespeare
| title =
| ol = 18594545M
}}
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
- With gentle majesty and modest pride;
- Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
- As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...
Derived terms
* ever and anon
* still and anon
Etymology 2
From (anonymous), by shortening
Noun
( en-noun)
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 , , "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)
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.
A work without a title
Adjective
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anonymous
Related terms
* anonym
* anonymal
* anonymity
* anonymize
* anonymosity
* anonymous
* anonymously
* anonymousness
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