About The Word Anon
Learn about the word Anon to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Anon definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Anon
Anon Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Anon?
[n] sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
[adv] (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon" [adv] at another time; "ever and anon" Synonyms | Synonyms for Anon: sugar apple | sweetsop Related Terms | Find terms related to Anon: after a time | after a while | afterward | afterwards | again | at another time | at that moment | at that time | before long | betimes | by and by | by destiny | directly | ere long | fatally | hopefully | imminently | in a moment | in a while | in aftertime | in due course | in due time | in that case | in the future | later | on that occasion | predictably | presently | probably | proximo | shortly | soon | then | thereat | tomorrow | when See Also | Annona squamosa | custard apple | sweetsop tree Anon In Webster's Dictionary \A*non"\, adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one
(moment), fr. AS. on in + [=a]n one. See {On} and {One}.]
1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.]
The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with
joy receiveth it. --Matt. xiii.
20.
2. Soon; in a little while.
As it shall better appear anon. --Stow.
3. At another time; then; again.
Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright.
--Shak.
{Anon right}, at once; right off. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Ever and anon}, now and then; frequently; often.
A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose.
--Shak.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…