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单词 anon
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anon.n.adj.

Brit. /əˈnɒn/, U.S. /əˈnɑn/
Forms: 1600s– anon., 1800s– anon (without point). Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anon.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anon., noun (1565 or earlier) and adjective (1631 or earlier), graphic abbreviation for anonymus (see anonymous adj.). Compare earlier anonymous n., anonymous adj.
A. n.
As a proper name. A person, esp. a writer, whose name is not known, or not given. Cf. anonymous n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > one whose name is unknown
unknownc1390
anonymous1551
incognito1638
anon.1683
anonym1683
anonym.1683
anonymity1695
incog1699
incognitaa1723
ineffable1859
1683 W. Atwood Seasonable Vindic. Truly Catholick Doctr. 26 (margin) Letter to Anon. p. 7.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 135 This book was, soon after its first publication, translated into English by Anon. with this title.
1754 Monthly Rev. 9 Contents p. vii/2 By Anon. entitled Human reason a fallible guide.
1815 Gentleman's Mag. 85 ii. 539/2 Besides the great composers..the Author has drawn his materials from the following: Anon, Baillot, Borri, [etc.].
1902 J. M. Barrie Little White Bird v. 55 She had sworn to hunt Mr. Anon down.
1947 Punch 5 Feb. 135 To-day I brought off a first-class scoop, An interview with Anon., The most prolific poet of us all.
2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 6 May f2 Some of the songs were written by Anon., not Pete Seeger.
B. adj.
Of a writer or writing: anonymous.
ΚΠ
?1696 C. Tooker Famous Coll. Papers & Pamphlets sig. M3 Sermons by Anon. Authors.
1753 ‘S. Partridge’ Let. to H. Woodward (title page) Barbarian to attack A Chemist, Critick, Journalist, and Quack. Anon.
1859 T. Jones Catal. Coll. Tracts for & against Popery I. vii. 128 This is anon. but is evidently by Clement Ellis, the author of No. 87.
1951 V. H. Galbraith Hist. Res. in Med. Eng. 10 The medieval historians are dim figures. The vast majority would be classed in modern anthologies as ‘anon’.
2008 S. L. Rickards Twentieth-cent. Countertenor Repertoire 92/2 (table) Title: Anima Christi... Medium: Choral work. Author: Medieval sacred poem (Anon.).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

anonadv.

Brit. /əˈnɒn/, U.S. /əˈnɑn/
Forms: (Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.)

α. Old English on ann, Old English on anum, Old English–Middle English on an, Old English–Middle English onan, Old English–Middle English on ane, late Old English on æn, late Old English on ænum, early Middle English onnan (Ormulum), Middle English o nan (chiefly northern), Middle English o-nan (chiefly northern), Middle English on-an (chiefly northern), Middle English onane (chiefly northern), Middle English onen (south-west midlands), Middle English on on, Middle English o-non, Middle English on-on, Middle English onon, Middle English on one, Middle English onone, Middle English onoon, Middle English on oone, late Middle English on ond (perhaps transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 onan, pre-1700 on ane, pre-1700 on-ane, pre-1700 onane, pre-1700 one ane, pre-1700 one one, pre-1700 onon, pre-1700 on one, pre-1700 onone.

β. Old English an an, Old English an anum, late Old English–early Middle English anan, early Middle English anæn (south-west midlands), early Middle English a-nan, early Middle English anaon, early Middle English anoan, Middle English anane (northern), Middle English an-nane (northern), Middle English a-non, Middle English an-on, Middle English a-none, Middle English a-noon, Middle English anoon, Middle English anoone, Middle English enon (north-west midlands, in a late copy), Middle English–1500s annone, Middle English–1500s a non, Middle English–1500s a none, Middle English–1600s anone, Middle English– anon, 1500s annon, 1500s a noone; Scottish pre-1700 annon, pre-1700 annone, pre-1700 anone, pre-1700 1700s– anon.

γ. early Middle English nan, Middle English none, Middle English noon, Middle English (1800s English regional (Yorkshire)) non.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., one pron.
Etymology: A merging of two prepositional constructions in Old English: (i) on ān < on on prep. + ān , accusative of the neuter sinɡular of ān one pron.; and (ii) on ānum , also on āne < on on prep. + ānum or āne , respectively dative and instrumental of the neuter singular of ān one pron. Compare anan int., in one at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 2b, in ane adv.Originally the construction with accusative denoted direction, and the construction with dative or instrumental denoted position or state (compare discussion at on prep.). Already in Old English these are often not clearly distinguished; on ān is the most common form. In Middle English the distinction is lost. Analysis of forms. The β. forms show reduction of the first element (compare an- prefix1). The γ. forms are aphetic, loss of the initial vowel probably arising from metanalysis; compare α. forms and β. forms in which the initial vowel is presented as a separate word. Compare also a prep.1 and further nonce n.1 The form enon at β. forms apparently shows further reduction of the initial vowel; it could alternatively be interpreted as reduced form of in one at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 2b. Semantic development. Beside use of position, state, or direction (senses 1 and 2), the adverb developed temporal use in sense ‘at once, immediately’, etc. already in Old English (sense 3). In the latter sense this word came to function as a pragmatic marker in Middle English texts, serving such purposes as foregrounding important events in the narrative and moving the narrative forward. Its use in verse is also apparently motivated by metrical demands. In an independent development, the temporal sense was weakened in the late Middle English period from ‘immediately’ to ‘shortly’, ‘in a little while’ (sense 4); for semantic parallels compare presently adv., soon adv. This weakened temporal sense became the more common use in early modern English. Interpersonal use as a marker of attentiveness developed out of the temporal use in this period, as exemplified and discussed at anan int. For further discussion see L. J. Brinton Pragmatic Markers in Eng. (1996) 85–114.
1. In or into one body, company, or mass; in accord; together. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adverb] > together
together707
anonOE
OE Crist III 969 Teonleg somod þryþum bærneð þreo eal on an grimme togædre.
OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xvii. 23 Ic eom on him & þu eart on me þæt hi syn geendode on an [c1200 Hatton on an; L. in unum].
OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxxxii. 1 Efne hu glædlic bið and god swylce, þætte broður on an begen hicgen.
lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 44 Ic wot þæt ure lufede ælc oðerne swa micle swiðor swa ure willa and ure lufu swiðor on anum were.
2.
a. In a straight course, straight on, onwards; directly. Frequently in anon to at Phrases 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb]
forth847
righteOE
forthrighta1000
rightlyOE
anonOE
evenc1300
even-forthc1300
straight13..
streck13..
gainc1330
streckly1340
right fortha1382
straightly1395
evenly?c1400
outrightc1400
straightway1461
endlong1470
fair1490
directly1513
fulla1529
forth on1529
straightforth1530
directedly1539
aright?a1560
direct1568
endways1575
point-blank1607
progressivelya1716
unswervingly1805
straightforward1809
undeviatingly1812
undeviously1813
slap1829
arrow-straight1831
OE Bounds (Sawyer 1596) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 397 Of ðam ealdan secgmore onan betwynan acwudu and wulle lea.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 963 Swa þurh Merelade on an to þet wæter þet man cleopeð Nen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8496 Heo uerden a-nan [c1300 Otho a-non] þat heo comen to Alæban.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. v. l. 1 Fra thyne strekis the way profund onone Deip onto hellys flude of Acheron.
b. In the same state or condition, without change; (also) without interruption, continuously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Kings (Julius) in W. W. Skeat Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1881) I. 394 He æt eft and dranc, and eode be ðam mete feowertig daga onan butan ælcum gereorde.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11331 Heold Crist hiss fasste þære Fowwerrtiȝ daȝhess aȝȝ onnan, Bi daȝhess & bi nahhtess.
a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 189 (MED) Þet is euer ilic wiþ-ute truchunge, þet halt euer anon wiþ-ute sturunge.
a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 571 Ðre daies slep he al onon.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1852 Þe flod it stod ai still on an [Vesp. in-an, Fairf. in ane, Trin. Cambr. in oon].
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 1957 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 62 With me sall he sit on ane Quhill [etc.].
3.
a. At once, immediately; straightaway, forthwith; instantly. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
OE Cynewulf Juliana 69 Heo me on an sagað þæt heo mæglufan minre ne gyme, freondrædenne.
a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 231 (MED) Gief he fend were, me sceolden anon eter gat ȝemete mid gode repples and stiarne swepen.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1067 He boden him bringen ut o-non.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. v. 301 Þey risen out of here bed and axen mete anon [1582 anone; L. subito].
1462 J. Daubeney in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 278 A-noon vp-on thys same langwage yong Debnam spake to hys fader.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 364 Thai buskit thame on-ane.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xli. f. 61 [Though] the aduauntage..come nat anone it wyll come at length.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 15 Enon [he] lurkys to his loge.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xiii. 20 He that heareth the word, & anon [1946 R.S.V. immediately] with ioy receiueth it. View more context for this quotation
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xvii. 277 The toiling rowers are anon at the haven where they would be.
b. In combination with other adverbs of immediacy, as forthright, forthwith, soon, etc., forming adverbial phrases with the sense ‘at once, immediately’. Obsolete (archaic in later use).See also anon-right adv., right anon at right adv. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2751 All swa birrþ himm forrþrihht anan.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 869 Þis meiden sone anan on-swerede.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10323 Heo forð-riht anon..fluȝen ut of castle.
a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 131 (MED) Ihesu answerd son anon [a1425 Cambr. Gg.5.31 sone onone] Wordes swete.
a1400 (c1300) Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 124 He undid it sone on an.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1435 Ful sone onane [Fairf. an-nane, Trin. Cambr. anoon], His saule it was til hell tane.
a1500 (c1465) in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 77 (MED) A none forthe with, he made him redy a gayne in the marche of Walis.
c1536 Batayle of Egyngecourte sig. A.iii The Capytayne of Herfflet soone anone Vnto our kynge he sent hastely.
1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. ii. 13 Soone anon his fawning Courtiers came, Perswading him no longer now to stay.
1657 Robin Hood & Tanner (single sheet) He blew both loud and shrill, But quickly anon, appear'd little John, come tripping down a green Hill.
1850 I. Williams Seven Days v. 262 It hath its kingdom, its own world and skies, But lift it from the waves and soon anon it dies.
c. In combination with after (or hereafter, thereafter, etc.), forming adverbial or prepositional phrases with the sense ‘directly or immediately after, soon after’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later > immediately afterwards
thereright971
rightc1175
anonc1225
at (the) nextc1275
hereuponc1385
nexta1387
thereona1400
thereupona1400
synea1425
sincec1450
nextly1572
whereon1600
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 738 An swa swote smeal com anan þrefter.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2769 Anon after þe tende day Of her soiourn..Gij is to þe douke y-go.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. l. 45 Coueityse-of-eyghes conforted me anon after.
a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 6 Anone aftere that..there was a grete insurreccyon.
1533 tr. Erasmus Enchiridion Militis Christiani xxxviii. sig. Svii Nowe verily so am I mynded but anone herafter I shall be of another mynde moche contrary.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 6v All entred into Argon after anon.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 4 He myght shew..what was to come anone after.
1612 tr. J. Guillemeau Child-birth ii. vi. 99 Anone after the Midwife hath cut the Nauell, she must wipe and make clean the child.
1683 W. Winstanley Hist. & Observ. Domest. & Foreign 212 The Mother anon after going up to consult with her Husband what to do,..readily rips up her own Belly.
4. In a little while; soon, shortly; a short time later.Now the most common sense, although becoming more archaic in recent use. For the semantic development of this sense, cf. e.g. presently adv., by and by adv., directly adv.until (or till) anon: for a short time, for a little while (obsolete).
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the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
soonc900
shortlya1050
newenc1175
newlya1225
nunonc1225
newenlyc1275
fast byc1300
tomorrowa1382
brieflyc1460
anonc1475
soonlyc1475
of newa1500
suddenlya1500
by and by1526
soon1545
imminently1548
short1556
erelong1577
eminently1646
bimeby1722
directly1851
c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 97 They were ensemblyd in the place afore the kynge, ande he toke hit uppon hys juggement, and a non in the same place they were bothe exylyde.
c1520 in Terens in Eng. Prol. sig. A.iiv Of this matter shall ron all our comedy which playnlyer anon declaryd shalbe.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 461 As it shall better appeare anone.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 80 Thou do'st me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 38 Forbeare me till anon . View more context for this quotation
1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air i. ii. 4 The answering of this we shall suspend until anon.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 352 Take not the first Refusal ill, Tho' now she won't, anon she will.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xlv. 286 Concerning our cousin Reeves's wanting to be present at your nuptials—your invitation to me—and what you say of Emily—more anon.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel Introd. 6 And he began to talk, anon..of Earl Walter, rest him God!
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia vii. 59 We dream now, we shall wake anon.
1938 E. G. Richardson Physical Sci. Mod. Life v. 95 Such systems are usually the result of careful and artificial preparation by processes which we shall describe anon.
1938 W. Watson Miss Pettigrew lives for Day i. 14 ‘Well, good-bye, baby,’ said Phil. ‘See you anon.’
2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 13 Nov. (Discover section) 10 The staff, of which more anon, seemed to like it.
5. At the present time or moment; now. Often used to make a contrast with a time directly before, often as part of a clause that follows another containing now (cf. now adv., conj., n.1, and adj. Phrases 3a). Now archaic and rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > presently again
anon1516
1516 Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. lxxiiv Nowe he spake sharpely and anone more easely.
1541 R. Whitford Dyuers Holy Instrucyons & Teachynges f. 56v Nowe thys thyng pleaseth: nowe displeaseth, & what nowe displeased, anon agayne shall please.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 6 Who now hangeth like a Iewel in the eare of Celo the skie..& anon falleth like a Crab on the face of Terra . View more context for this quotation
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 204 Contriving new designs, now for this Cardinal, anon for another.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 369 Now it is a people with hats; anon with turbans.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism viii. 347 Sometimes..the sacred writers say too little; and anon too much!
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §2. 11 The avalanche rushed, hidden at intervals, and anon shooting forth.
1952 A. J. Arberry tr. I. al-Fārid Poem of Way 69 Thou gazest on twain armies—now on land, Anon at sea.

Phrases

P1. anon to (also anon till, anon intill, etc.): even as far as, all the way to (a specified place); right up to (a specified point or event). Obsolete.
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lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Þis wæs sægon & herd fram þet he þider com eall þet lentedtid on an to Eastren.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1105 He wass all daȝȝ Vnnclene anan till efenn.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 7230 To ledenn hemm þe weȝȝe Anan inntill þatt illke tun.
c1300 St. Kenelm (Harl.) l. 70 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 49 Al þe lond biȝunde humber, anon into scotlonde.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 85 Parthia streccheþ in lengþe from þe see þat is i-cleped Caspius anon to [L. usque ad] þe Rede see.
c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 126 Ȝe..plucked and pulled hem [sc. deer] anon to þe skynnes.
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. lx. 111/1 It gnaweth and fretreth alwaye, and corrumpeth the flesh anone to the rootes of the sinewes.
P2. anon as (also anon so, anon that, etc.): as soon as, at the moment when. Cf. sense 3. Obsolete.In quot. OE the clause introduced by so does not immediately follow the word.
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OE Wulfstan Pastoral Let. (Hatton) (1957) 227 Ær ðam timan næs æni[g] man on worulde swa mære þæt he on an ne sceolde to helle, swa he heonan ferde.]
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 10825 Forr þær comm Haliȝ Gast o Crist, Anan summ he wass fullhtnedd.
a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 241 (MED) Ælc cristen man, anon se stepð up of þe funte..he maceð him þri ifon.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3175 A-nan [c1300 Otho wane] se he wes wrað wid [emended in ed. to wið] eni mon.
c1330 Otuel (Auch.) (1882) l. 1043 A non as otuwel was goon, Þe king leet diȝte his host a non.
c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 144 Anon þat lilie out was taken, Þe childes song bi-gon to slaken.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 18 Knelen & bowen, Anon as men nempned þe name of god Ihesu.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 1836 Ye shall be hanged..Anoon as I have eten I-nowe.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 178 Ioye to aungels anone as they were made.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 617/1 Anone as the woorde of the Sacramente is sayde.
1682 W. Gough Londinum Triumphans 101 Anon as the King was departed, they were all arrested.
P3. ever and anon: every now and then; from time to time, occasionally; (also) continually at intervals. Now archaic.
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the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally
whiloma900
whilea1000
stoundmealc1000
stundumOE
otherwhileOE
umquhile1154
with and withc1175
by stoundsa1225
otherwhilesc1225
umbestound?c1225
umbewhilec1230
then and thenc1275
sometime…sometime1297
umstounda1300
by while13..
over while13..
sometime1340
umbe throwea1350
at timesa1382
now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393
umbwhile1393
eftsoona1398
sometimea1400
by sithesc1400
umbestoundsc1400
from time to (formerly unto) time1423
now and (also or) then1445
ever now and nowa1470
when and whenc1470
occasionallya1475
in timesa1500
whiles?a1500
whilomsa1500
sometimes1526
somewhiles1528
at whiles1540
ever now and then1542
a-whiles1546
somewhiles…, somewhiles1547
at sometimes1548
now and thenc1550
ever and anon1558
by occasions1562
on (also upon) occasion1562
as soon…as soon1581
every now and then (also again)1642
by a time1721
once and a while1765
ever and again1788
periodically1825
in spots1851
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount vi. f. 105v You muste euer and anone, putte in of the saied poulder.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 101 Euer and anon they made a doubt. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 7 They are sure to bee hunted ever and anon.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i. 232 Then ever and anon she wrings her hands.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. x. 305 Looking ever and anon to Edward for assistance.
1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium x. 275 The agent, who babbled ever and anon of views, of Hudsons, of express-trains, of parks.
1991 N.Y. Mag. 22 Apr. 136/1 Ever and anon, the correction itself contained an error.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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