anon
adverb/əˈnɒn/
/əˈnɑːn/
(old-fashioned or literary)- soon
- See you anon.
- More about this anon.
Word OriginOld English on ān ‘into one’, on āne ‘in one’. The original sense was ‘in or into one state, course, etc.’, which developed into the temporal sense ‘at once’.Definitions on the go
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