anon
Syllables: a·non/əˈnɒn/US/əˈnɑn/
anon adverb: straight away; at once. Also the clipping of anonymous.
Adverb
anon (not comparable)
- Straight away; at once.
- Caliban: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon,
I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published... - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:20
- Caliban: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon,
- Soon; in a little while.
- […]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.1598, John Stow, A Suruay of London, →OL
- 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.1913 August, Jack London, John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 12–13
- At another time; then; again.
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
With gentle majesty and modest pride;
Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC - Anon he would be telling you of a cold he acquired in a Chicago lake breeze and how old Escamila cured it in Buenos Ayres with a hot infusion of the chuchula weed.1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 27
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
Noun
anon (plural anons)
- An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando.
- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons1904, Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, volume 1, page 94
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....1940, Virginia Woolf, Anon
- Synonyms:
- anonym
- A work with an unknown author.
- 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.1984, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club", page 214
- A work without a title.
Proper noun capitalized: Anon
Anon
- The name given when an author's name is unknown.
Also used as
anon is also the clipping of anonymous.
anon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anon in Hindi
- आनोन, एनोन, अनोन
anon in Tamil
- அனோன்
anon in Marathi
- अॅनॉन, एनॉन, अनॉन
anon in Urdu
- انون
More languagesFewer languages
- anon in Telugu
- అనోన్
- anon in Malayalam
- അനോൺ, ആനോൺ
- anon in Kannada
- ಅನೋನ್
- anon in Punjabi
- ਐਨੋਨ, ਅਨੋਨ, ਆਨੋਨ
- anon in Gujarati
- અનોન, આનોન
- anon in Odia
- ଆନୋନ୍, ଆନୋନ
- anon in Nepali
- एनोन, अनोन, आनोन
- anon in Indonesian
- awanama, anonim
Examples of anon in a sentence
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks2004, Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre, page 207:
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)2006, J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English, page 185:
Synonyms of anon
Forms of anon
| plural | anons |
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Origin of anon
From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one.
Clipping of anonymous.
Shortened form of anonymous
Words formed from anon
Phrases with anon
Words that rhyme with anon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
- Sir John
Questions about anon
- What does anon mean?
- Anon means straight away; at once.
- What is anon in Hindi?
- Anon in Hindi is आनोन, एनोन, अनोन. See Anon meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use anon in a sentence?
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- What part of speech is anon?
- Anon can be an adverb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce anon?
- Anon is pronounced /əˈnɑn/ (US).
Words near anon in the dictionary
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