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▪ I. anon, adv.|əˈnɒn|
Forms: 1 on án, on áne, 2–3 anan, 3 anæn, 3–4 onon, onan(e, an-nane, in an(e, in oon, 4 on o(o)ne, 4–5 anoon(e, 4–7 anone, 5 onon(e, enon, onoon, 6 annon(e, 2– anon. Aphet. 4 noon.
[OE. on án into one, on áne in one, i.e. in one body, mind, state, act, way, course, motion, movement, moment.]
†1. In (or into) one body, company, or mass; in one; together; in one accord; in unity. Obs.
a1000Metr. Ps. cxxxii. 1 Hú glædlic..þætte bróður onán beᵹen hicᵹen. a1000Cynewulf Christ 970 (Grein) Téonleᵹ bærneð þréo eall onán grimme togædre.
†2. In one (and the same) state or condition (without change); the same. Obs. rare.
c1220Ureisun in Lamb. Hom. 189 [He] halt euer anon wiþute sturunge. a1300Cursor M. 1852 Þe streme it stud ai still in-an [v.r. in ane, on an, in oon].
†3. In one (and the same) course or direction, in a straight course, straight on, even. anon to: even to, as far as to; = L. usque ad, Fr. jusqu'à, Ger. bis zu. Obs.
c1200Ormin 1105 He wass all daȝȝ Unnclene anan till efenn. c1305E.E.P. (1862) 49 Al þe lond biȝunde humber: anon into scotlonde. 1387Trevisa Higden (1865) I. 85 From þe see þat is i-cleped Caspius anon to þe Rede see. 1399Rich. Redeles ii. 126 Ȝe..plucked and pulled hem anon to þe skynnes. c1460Towneley Myst. 156 Shalle I never rest..Or I come ther anone?
†4. strictly, Straightway, at once, forthwith, instantly. Obs. (exc. when mod. writers have tried to revive the strict sense.)
a1000Juliana 69 (Grein) Heó me onán saᵹað, þæt heó..ne ᵹyme. c1175Cotton Hom. 231 Gief he fend wére, me sceolde ánon eter gat [hine] ȝemete. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1067 He boden him bringen ut onon. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 99 Roberd went to..Sir Lowys on one, and told him þat greuance. 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 364 Thai buskit thame on-ane. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 365 A-non vndo þe ȝates! 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. vi, Þey risen oute of here bed and axen mete on oone [L. subito 1582 anone]. c1400Destr. Troy iii. 813 Enon he lurkys to his loge. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. xli. (1539) 61 [Though] the aduantage..come nat anone, it will come at length. 1611Bible Matt. xiii. 20 He that heareth the word, & anon with ioy receiueth it. 1862Trench Miracles xvii. 281 The toiling rowers are anon at the haven where they would be.
†b. anon so or anon as: once that, immediately as, as soon as ever (Fr. aussitôt que). Obs.
c1175Cotton Hom. 241 ælc cristen mán ánon se stepð up of þe funte..he maceð him þri ifon. 1205Lay. 6369 Anan [1250 wane] se he wes wrað wið eni mon. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 18 Kneolen and bowen, Anon as men nempned · þe name of god Ihesu. c1400Sowdone 1836 Ye shall be hanged..Anoon as I have eten I-nowe. a1520Myrr. Our Ladye 178 Ioye to aungels anone as they were made. 1553–62Foxe A. & M. I. 588/2 Anon as the word of the Sacrament is said.
†c. anon after, after anon: directly or immediately after. Obs.
c1220Leg. Kath. 1600 An se swiðe swote smal com anan þrefter. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 45 Coueityse-of-eyghes conforted me anon after. c1400Destr. Troy i. 287 All entred into Argon after anon. 1473J. Warkworth Chron. 6 Anone aftere that..there was a grete insurreccyon. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xlvii. 65 Whan they were all assembled, anone after Easter. 1574tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 4 He myght shew..what was to come anone after.
†d. soon anon: immediately, quickly. Obs.
c1220Leg. Kath. 1899 Þis meiden sone anan onswerede. a1300Cursor M. 1435 Ful sone onane [v.r. an-nane, anoon], His saule it was til hell tane. a1325Metr. Hom. 124 He undid it sone on an.
5. Gradually misused (like presently, immediately, by and by, directly, in a moment) to express: Soon, in a short time, in a little while. (Cf. d above.) till anon (obs.): until by and by, for a little.
1526Tindale Rev. xi. 14 The seconde woo is past, and beholde the thyrd woo wyll come anon [Wycl. soone; Rhem., 1611, quickly]. 1598Stow Surv. (1603) xlix. 557 As it shall better appeare anone. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. vii. 45 Forbeare me till anon. 1610― Temp. ii. ii. 84 Thou do'st me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon. 1656Cowley Mistress Wks. 1710 I. 124 Leading them still insensibly on By the strange Witchcraft of Anon. 1661Boyle Spring of Air i. ii. (1682) 3 The answering of this we shall suspend until anon. 1661Pepys Diary 15 Sept., To put things in order against anon for the buriall. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) IV. 352 Take not the first Refusal ill, Tho' now she wont, anon she will. 1858Sears Athan. vii. 59 We dream now, we shall wake anon.
6. Now again.
a. Now at this time, in contrast to at that time, presently again; here again.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 6 Who now hangeth like a Iewell in the eare of Celo the skie..and anon falleth like a Crab on the face of Terra. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. ii. 204 Contriving new designs, now for this Cardinal, anon for another. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 369 Now it is a people with hats; anon with turbans. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. viii. 347 Sometimes..the sacred writers say too little; and anon too much! 1860Tyndall Glac. i §2. 11 The avalanche rushed, hidden at intervals, and anon shooting forth.
b. ever and anon: ever and again, every now and then; continually at intervals.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 102 Ever and anon they made a doubt. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 7 They are sure to be hunted ever and anon. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. i. i. 232 Then ever and anon she wrings her hands. 1820Scott Monast. xi. 69 Looking ever and anon to Edward for assistance.
7. A response by a servant etc. called: ‘Immediately! presently! coming!’; whence extended to an expression of attention, ‘At your service! awaiting your orders!’; and finally implying that the auditor has failed to catch the speaker's words or meaning, and asks him to repeat = ‘Beg your pardon! what did you say? eh?’ See anan.
†8. Comb. anon-right, also (later) right anon: straightway, forthwith, right off, immediately. Obs.
c1175Cotton Hom. 265 Hwer se eauer þe gast wule, þe bodi is anan riht. c1200Ormin 2571 Allswa birrþ himm forrþrihht anan. c1384Chaucer H. Fame 132, I sawgh anoon [v.r. anon(e, a non] ryght hir figure. c1386― Sqr.'s T. 391 Right anon she wiste what they mente. c1430Lydg. Bochas i. v. 8 To make a mariage, after anon right. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. l. 34 He lete slee hem euerychone anon right.
†b. With adverbial genitive -es, -s. Obs.
c1230Ancr. R. 248 Herdi bileaue bringeð þene deouel a vlihte anon-rihtes. c1300K. Alis. 824 After mete, anon ryghtis, Theo kyng clepith gentil knyghtis. c1460Launfal 658 Syxty ladyes and fyf..went hem doun anoon ryghtes.
▪ II. anon|əˈnɒn|
Also anon. (with full point), Anon.
Abbrev. of anonymous a. Hence as n., a person (esp. a writer or composer) whose name is unknown or not given.
1736Pope Works IV. 235 A compleat Key to the What d'ye call it. Anon. By Griffin a Player, supervis'd by Mr. Th―. 1815Gentl. Mag. LXXXV. ii. 539/2 Besides the great composers..the Author has drawn his materials from the following: Anon, Baillot, Borri, [etc.]. 1902J. M. Barrie Little White Bird v. 55 She had sworn to hunt Mr. Anon down. 1947Punch 5 Feb. 135 To-day I brought off a first-class scoop, An interview with Anon., The most prolific poet of us all. 1951V. H. Galbraith Hist. Research in Med. Eng. 10 The medieval historians are dim figures. The vast majority would be classed in modern anthologies as ‘anon’. |