avaunt

== English == === Etymology === First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈvɔːnt/ Rhymes: -ɔːnt === Interjection === avaunt (archaic) Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence. === Noun === avaunt (plural avaunts) (obsolete) A vaunt; a boast. === Verb === avaunt (third-person singular simple present avaunts, present participle avaunting, simple past and past participle avaunted) (obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate. (obsolete) To depart; to move away. (archaic) To vaunt; to boast. === References === “avaunt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Old French == === Adverb === avaunt (late Anglo-Norman) alternative form of avant === References === avaunt on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Romansch == === Alternative forms === avant (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) avon (Sursilvan) avànt (Sutsilvan) === Etymology === From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”). === Preposition === avaunt (Puter) ago ==== Related terms ==== aunz (“before, beforehand”)