anon

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See also: Anon, ânon, and anon.

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally in one (moment)), from on (in) +‎ ān (one). See on and one.

Adverb

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anon (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Straight away; at once.
  2. Soon; in a little while.
    • 1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, →OL:
      [] 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.
    • 1913 August, Jack London, John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 12–13:
      With this man this is the hour of the white logic (of which more anon), when he knows that he may know only the laws of things—the meaning of things never.
  3. At another time; then; again.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of anonymous.

Noun

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anon (plural anons)

  1. An anonymous person, especially an author.
    • 1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, volume 1, page 94:
      Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
    • 1940, Virginia Woolf, 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)
    1. (Internet) An anonymous poster (person who contributes a note, message, etc). A participant in an online site, such as a forum or an imageboard, without an account, or who posts without identifying themselves, or hidden behind a pseudonym.
  2. 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.
  3. A work without a title.
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Adjective

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anon (not comparable)

  1. Short for anonymous.
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Noun

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anon

  1. accusative singular of ano

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnon/, [ˈɑ̝no̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnon
  • Syllabification(key): a‧non

Noun

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anon

  1. genitive singular of ano

Verb

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anon

  1. first-person singular present indicative of anoa

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English on ān, equivalent to on + an.

Adverb

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anon

  1. anon (straight away, at once)
  2. continually, on and on
  3. all the way
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:
      So hadde I spoken with hem everichon / That I was of hir felaweshipe anon,
      So had I spoken with them, every one, / That I was of their fellowship anon,

Descendants

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  • English: anon
  • Scots: on-ane, one-ane, onan

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