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单词 alantom
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alantomadv.

Forms: 1600s–1700s alantom, 1700s alangtum, 1800s alantem, 1800s alantum.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French au lointain.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < French au lointain from far off (1715 or earlier) < au , contracted form of à le ( < à to, at (see a- prefix5) + le , masculine definite article) + lointain , use as noun of lointain distant, far away (see lontaigne adj.).
Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete. rare.
At a distance. Also with off.
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1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 72 Some of our Lads being very kind Alantom followed me behind.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alantom, at a distance. N[orth] C[ountry].
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. Dialogues 296 I' comin back ageean,..I spies alantum off two shooters.
1844 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1846) I. 37/2 Alantum. At a distance. North.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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