avaunt

Definition

Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.

Etymology

First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).

Example Sentences

• "Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]"
• "Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion"
• "In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!""