cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
awash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɒʃ/
rhymes: -ɒʃ
Forms: form: more awash
form: most awash
Etymology: From a- + wash.
Senses: examples: text: The former rock is awash at low water […]
ref: 1835, Martin White, Sailing Directions for the English Channel, London: The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, page 26:
text: The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 39, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 319:
text: but the river’s in flood / and the roads are awash / and the bridges break up / in the panic of loss.
ref: 1979, Leonard Cohen, “Ballad of the Absent Mare”, in Recent Songs:
glosses: Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
examples: text: Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 80:
text: In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 162:
text: 2005, Chris Ramirez, 2nd find excites museum diggers," The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug,
The Valley landscape was more awash with greenery some 11,000 years ago.
text: Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott.
ref: 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
text: […] the whole country’s awash in guns and Bibles,
ref: 2019, Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport, Galley Beggar Press:
text: THE LIQUID SAMURAI ROSE, AWASH IN THE MIRROR'S MAGIC.
ref: 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Liquid Samurai), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch, scene: opening
text: Brighton station is awash with people paying a visit to the seaside.
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
glosses: Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Synonyms: aslosh
aweary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɪə̯ɹi/
note: General American, mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /əˈwɪɹi/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /əˈwɪɚi/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /əˈwiɹi/
ipa: /əˈwiːɹe/
ipa: /əˈwiːɹɪ/
ipa: /əˈwiːɹi/
ipa: /əˈwiə̯ɹi/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /əˈwɛːɹi/
rhymes: -ɪəɹi
Forms: form: more aweary
form: most aweary
Etymology: From a- + weary.
Senses: examples: text: […] my little body is aweary of this great world.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, / I would that I were dead!'
ref: 1830, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana:
text: 1849+, George Ticknor, History Of Spanish Literature
And all his people told him that their horses were aweary, and that they were aweary themselves.
text: […]when he is aweary of vice, and aweary of virtue, used up as to brimstone, and used up as to bliss; then, whether he take to the serving out of red tape, or to the kindling of red fire, he is the very Devil.
ref: 1854, Charles Dickens, “Second Book: Chapter VIII”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:
text: The sky leans dumb on the sea, / Aweary with all its wings;
ref: 1871, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, The cloud confines, lines 49–50:
text: "Nay, save that she seems aweary".
ref: 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company - Chapter XII:
text: ante 1924 (posthumous, died 1910): Mark Twain, Autobiography
I was aweary, aweary, and I put it in the waste basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.
text: "I am aweary with watching," said Frid. "Praise to Allah the day is ours. Ho, slaves!"
ref: 1940, Ngaio Marsh, Death of a Peer:
glosses: Weary, tired.
aweather
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /əˈwɛðɚ/
Forms: form: more aweather
form: most aweather
Etymology: From a- + weather; distantly cognate in structure to German Gewitter.
Senses: examples: text: Helm aweather!
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows (See upwind)
aweigh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈweɪ/
homophone: away
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From a- + weigh.
Senses: glosses: Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.
Derived terms: anchor's aweigh
awe-struck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more awe-struck
form: most awe-struck
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of awestruck.
awesomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôʹsəmnəs
ipa: /ˈɔːsəmnəs/
Forms: form: awesomenesses
Etymology: From awesome + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Traditional religions try to capture the awesomeness and subdue the terror with their sense of fate, as did Nietzsche. We should not deny that such notions are naturalistic just because they are also religious.
ref: 2004, Robert C. Solomon, In Defense of Sentimentality, page 151:
text: The bogan likes playing Epic Leads because the bogan is on an inexorable quest for maxtreme awesomeness.
ref: 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 61:
glosses: The quality of being awesome.
Derived terms: english: nonce
translation: nonce
word: awesomenessness
awful
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːfl̩/
ipa: [ˈɔːfl̩]
ipa: /ˈɔfl̩/
ipa: /ˈɑfl̩/
rhymes: -ɔːfʊl
homophone: offal (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: awfull
form: aweful
form: awefull
Etymology: From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”).
The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.
Senses: examples: text: The race was run, and the dog ran "awful".
ref: 1933 January 21, The Sydney Sportsman, NSW, page 1:
glosses: Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
examples: text: That's an awful big house.
text: She seemed awful nice when I met her yesterday.
text: He was blubbering away something awful.
text: “They say the Battery's awful bad,” and he hummed dolorously[.]
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 144:
glosses: Very, extremely.
aweful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aweful
form: most aweful
Senses: examples: text: Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram received her very kindly, and Sir Thomas seeing how much she needed encouragement, tried to be all that was conciliating; he had to work against a most untoward gravity of deportment—and Lady Bertram, without taking half so much trouble, or speaking one word where he spoke ten, by the mere aid of a good-humoured smile, became immediately the less aweful character of the two.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 20–21:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of awful.
glosses: Misspelling of awful.
glosses: Alternative spelling of awe-ful.
awfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːfʊli/
ipa: /ˈɔːfəli/
ipa: /ˈɔːfli/
ipa: /ˈɔfəli/
ipa: /ˈɑfəli/
Forms: form: more awfully
form: most awfully
Etymology: From awful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
glosses: Badly, terribly.
examples: text: It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'
ref: 1912, Arnold Bennett, The Grim Smile of the Five Towns:
text: It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here
ref: 1968, Syd Barrett, “Jugband Blues”, in A Saucerful of Secrets, performed by Pink Floyd:
synonyms: word: very
word: extremely
word: terribly
word: acutely
word: awfully
word: beyond
word: damn
word: drastically
word: exceedingly
word: extraordinarily
word: highly
word: hugely
word: immensely
word: insanely
word: intensely
word: jolly
word: murrain
word: severely
word: strikingly
word: terribly
word: violently
word: wicked
word: wildly
glosses: Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
glosses: In a manner inspiring awe.
glosses: Reverently.
examples: text: I returned to the inn yard, and, impressed by my remembrance of the face, looked awfully around for it. It was not there.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Fearfully.
awfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awfulnesses
Etymology: From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Characters”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: "Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
ref: 1961, Peter De Vries, chapter 3, in The Blood of the Lamb, Penguin, published 1982, page 36:
glosses: The state or quality of being awful.
examples: text: […] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity […]
ref: 1823, Thomas de Quincey, “On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth”, in Robert Morrison, editor, On Murder, Oxford World's Classics, published 2006, page 3:
text: the awfulness of this sacred place
synonyms: dreadfulness
solemnity
glosses: The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
glosses: The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
awhape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪp
Forms: form: awhapes
form: awhaping
form: awhaped
form: awhaped
Etymology: Compare a- + whap (“a blow”).
Senses: glosses: To confound; to terrify; to amaze.
awhile
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwaɪl/
ipa: /əˈʍaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Etymology: From Old English ane (“(for) a”) hwile (“while”).
Senses: examples: text: Sit with me awhile.
text: Gratiano:
[…]Fare ye well awhile:
I'll end my exhortation after dinner.
ref: c. 1596–97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, scene 1:
text: Engine No. 18 went off into a shed to rest awhile, and No. 7, a precisely similar one, backed on to the train in her place.
ref: 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 137:
text: I'll slip beneath these sheets and shiver here awhile / I find this happening more frequently these days
ref: 1979, The Boomtown Rats, “Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:
glosses: For some time; for a short time.
examples: text: Can I get you a drink awhile?
qualifier: south-central Pennsylvania
glosses: In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
Synonyms: sense: for some time
word: for a minute
word: momentarily
word: temporarily
sense: in the meantime
word: for the moment
sense: in the meantime
word: meanwhile
sense: in the meantime
word: meanwhilst
sense: in the meantime
word: the while
Related terms: while
awing
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Etymology: From a- + wing.
Senses: glosses: On the wing; flying; fluttering.
awing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈwɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
ipa: /ˈɔː.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈwɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: aweing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of awe
awk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
rhymes: -ɑːk
homophone: auk
Forms: form: more awk
form: most awk
Etymology: From Middle English awke, from Old Norse ǫfugr, ǫfigr, afigr (“turned backwards”) (whence Danish avet (“backwards”), Swedish avig (“turned backwards”)), from Proto-Germanic *abuhaz. Cognate with German äbich, Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks, “turned back”). Akin to Sanskrit अपाच् (apāc, “turned away”). Compare dialectal Danish ave (“to turn”), Dutch averechts (“opposite, backwards, contrary”), Icelandic öfga (“to reverse”).
Senses: glosses: Odd; out of order; perverse.
examples: text: the awk end of hir charmed rod
ref: 1567, Arthur Golding, Metamorphoses:
glosses: Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
examples: text: […] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]
ref: 1815 Sir Egerton Brydges, Archaica: Harvey's Four letters, and sonnets, touching Robert Greene; Pierce's supererogation; [and] New letter of notable contents. Brathwaite's Essays upon the five senses, From the private press of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, printed by T. Davison, p142
synonyms: unhandy
glosses: Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
glosses: Awkward; uncomfortable.
raw_tags: of a situation
Derived terms: awkly
awkness
awkward
awk
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
rhymes: -ɑːk
homophone: auk
Forms: form: more awk
form: most awk
Etymology: From Middle English awke, from Old Norse ǫfugr, ǫfigr, afigr (“turned backwards”) (whence Danish avet (“backwards”), Swedish avig (“turned backwards”)), from Proto-Germanic *abuhaz. Cognate with German äbich, Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks, “turned back”). Akin to Sanskrit अपाच् (apāc, “turned away”). Compare dialectal Danish ave (“to turn”), Dutch averechts (“opposite, backwards, contrary”), Icelandic öfga (“to reverse”).
Senses: examples: text: Ill huſbandry drowſeth at fortune ſo awke, / good huſbandry rowſeth him ſelfe like a hawke.
ref: 1570, Thomas Tusser, “Comparing Good Husband with Vnthrift His Brother, the Better Descerneth the Tone from the Tother”, in A Hundrethe Good Pointes of Husbandrie, Lately Maried vnto a Hundrethe Good Points of Huswifry Newly Corrected and Amplified […], revised edition, London: […] [Henry Denham? for] Rychard Tottyl, published 1571, →OCLC, stanza 13, folio 22, verso:
glosses: Perversely; in the wrong way.
awk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɔːk/
ipa: /ɑːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
rhymes: -ɑːk
homophone: auk
Etymology: From the initial letters of the surnames of its authors: Alfred Aho, Peter J. Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan.
Senses: examples: text: I used C, Perl, the Bourne shell, and some awk and tcl to implement these projects.
text: One thing awk is good for is picking out and possibly rearranging columns within command output.
ref: 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration, 3rd edition, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 77:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Unix scripting language for text processing, or the command line interface itself.
awkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more awkly
form: most awkly
Etymology: From awk + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unlucky or perverse manner.
glosses: Awkwardly.
awkward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːkwəd/
ipa: /ˈɔkwɚd/
ipa: /ˈɑkwɚd/
ipa: /ˈoːkwəd/
Forms: form: more awkward
form: most awkward
Etymology: From awk (“odd, clumsy”) + -ward. Compare Middle English aukeward (“in the wrong direction”).
Senses: examples: text: John was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve.
synonyms: clumsy
lubberly
ungraceful
unhandy
gawky
antonyms: dexterous
gainly
graceful
handy
skillful
glosses: Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
examples: text: That was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watching.
text: An awkward silence had fallen.
synonyms: recalcitrant
glosses: Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
examples: text: I'm very awkward at parties.
text: Things got awkward when my boss tried a cheesy pick-up line on me.
synonyms: maladroit
gauche
antonyms: amiable
cool
glosses: Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
examples: text: He's a right awkward chap.
text: These cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move.
text: Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
glosses: Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
Derived terms: awkward age
awkwardish
awkwardly
awkwardness
awkward squad
awkward turtle
awkweird
awky
unawkward
awkward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːkwəd/
ipa: /ˈɔkwɚd/
ipa: /ˈɑkwɚd/
ipa: /ˈoːkwəd/
Forms: form: awkwards
Etymology: From awk (“odd, clumsy”) + -ward. Compare Middle English aukeward (“in the wrong direction”).
Senses: examples: text: Another important branch of deportment was to seat the awkwards stiffly on the extreme edge of a chair, fold the hands on the very precarious lap, droop the eyes in a pensive way.
ref: 1912, Eliza Ripley, Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of My Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: 'What periods are you talking about?' / 'The monthly awkwards. Didn't the girls at Molyneux have them when you were managing director?' / The Rabbit leaned forward, sniffing the air in the immediate vicinity. 'Either you've been drinking or you've got some girl into trouble. Or am I being unfair to you and it's both?'
ref: 1998, Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE's Code War, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN:
text: That is a way to make awkwards. And it's not fun to hang out with awkwards more than once.
ref: 2014, Grace Helbig, Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 76:
glosses: Someone or something that is awkward.
awl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːl/
ipa: /ɔl/
ipa: /ɑl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
homophone: all
Forms: form: awls
Etymology: From Middle English aul, alle, al, from Old English æl, from Proto-West Germanic *al, from Proto-Germanic *alaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äil (“awl”), Dutch aal (“awl”), German Low German Ahl (“awl”), German Ahle (“awl”), Icelandic alur (“awl”). Spelling was influenced by the Old English synonym awel, awul (“awl”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”), of unknown origin. Doublet of elsen.
Senses: examples: text: He dressed himself in some old ragged clothes, and took a tame white bear, which he had, with him, as well as an awl, some pitch, and twine.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:
glosses: A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Derived terms: awlbill
awlet
awl-fly
awllike
awlwort
bradawl
awlwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːlwɜː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: awlworts
Etymology: From awl + wort.
Senses: glosses: An aquatic plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves.
Synonyms: sense: Subularia aquatica
word: water awlwort
awn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːn/
rhymes: -ɔːn
homophone: en (cot–caught merger)
homophone: on (Southern US, Midland US or cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: awns
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.
Senses: examples: text: In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.
ref: 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:
glosses: The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
Derived terms: awned
awner
awnless
awnlet
awnlike
awny
purple three-awn grass
threeawn
awned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From awn + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: ... between three roses seeded and awned proper, a chevron gules, ...
ref: 1836, Thomas Wright, The history and topography of ... Essex, page 654:
text: […] commonly two-awned ; but in some flowers the awns are nearly obsolete; in others there are[…]
ref: 1848, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, page 106:
text: […] with the roses "seeded or, awned vert”; but the introduction of these tinctures is[…]
ref: 1893, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 164:
glosses: Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
Synonyms: aristate
Derived terms: awnedness
unawned
awning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɔnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ
Forms: form: awnings
Etymology: 1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).
Senses: examples: text: At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.
ref: 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
text: But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […].
ref: 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:
glosses: A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Derived terms: awninged
awning window
Related terms: canopy
awninged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From awning + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] he thought how often he had seen [the house] blazing with lights, its steps awninged and carpeted, and carriages waiting in double line to draw up at the curbstone.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York: Appleton, Book 2, Chapter 31, p. 309:
text: He stood in the shadows of the awninged terrace, a bit dizzy from the climb:
ref: 1951, William Styron, chapter 2, in Lie Down in Darkness, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 52:
text: […] we sat spooning our sundaes in the awninged semidarkness of the cool pharmacy,
ref: 2004, Philip Roth, chapter 7, in The Plot Against America, London: Jonathan Cape, page 255:
glosses: Having an awning.
awnless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more awnless
form: most awnless
Etymology: From awn + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without awns or beard; said of grain.
Synonyms: beardless
Derived terms: awnlessness
awny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːni/
rhymes: -ɔːni
Etymology: From awn + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having awns; bearded, bristly
awork
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From a- + work.
Senses: examples: text: […]and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhorte pꝛæludium.
ref: 1563, Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes […] , London: Iohn Day, page 1006:
glosses: At work; in action.
Synonyms: aworking
operational
active
aworking
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From a- + working.
Senses: glosses: At work; in action.
Synonyms: awork
awrong
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more awrong
form: most awrong
Etymology: From a- + wrong.
Senses: glosses: Wrongly.
awry
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪ/
ipa: /əˈɹɑɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
ipa: /ˈɔː.ɹi/
Forms: form: more awry
form: most awry
Etymology: From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
Senses: glosses: Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
glosses: Perversely, improperly.
awry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪ/
ipa: /əˈɹɑɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
ipa: /ˈɔː.ɹi/
Forms: form: more awry
form: most awry
Etymology: From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
Senses: examples: text: The frame was awry.
synonyms: word: wonky
glosses: Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
examples: text: There is something awry with this story.
text: It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.
ref: 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
Derived terms: awryness
go awry
avail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈveɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: avails
form: availing
form: availed
form: availed
Etymology: From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).
Senses: examples: text: I availed myself of the opportunity.
text: It asserts that the museum has clear protocols for dealing with any form of discrimination or discontent, which it says [Tanya] Barson never availed herself of, […]
ref: 2021 July 25, Stephen Burgen, “Departures at high-profile Barcelona museum provoke anger in art world”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: To turn to the advantage of.
examples: text: Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
glosses: To be of service to.
glosses: To promote; to assist.
examples: text: The plea in court must avail.
text: This scheme will not avail.
text: Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.
text: All of this avail’d not, for whoe’er he be
 That tells my faults, I hate him mortally; […]
ref: 1713, Alexander Pope, The Wife of Bath Her Prologue, translation of original by Geoffrey Chaucer:
text: Words avail very little with me, young man.
ref: 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
text: All day long to Mung cry out the Priests of Mung, and yet Mung harkeneth not. What, then, shall avail the prayers of All the People?
ref: 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
examples: text: You can avail discounts on food.
text: With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.
ref: 2004 November 16, Nik Ogbulie, “Decongesting the Banking Floors”, in This Day, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2009:
text: Over 85.3% of all persons who have adopted this method of contraception availed this service from government facilities.
ref: 2014, Shilpa Vishwas Date, Jyoti Rokade, Vidya Mule, Shreedher Dandapannavar, “Female sterilization failure: Review over a decade and its clinicopathological correlation”, in International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research, number 4(2), →DOI, pages 81–85:
qualifier: elsewhere proscribed
glosses: To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
Derived terms: available
availful
availment
disavail
reavail
unavailed
Related terms: sense: terms related to avail (verb)
word: availability
sense: terms related to avail (verb)
word: availingly
sense: terms related to avail (verb)
word: unavailable
sense: terms related to avail (verb)
word: unavailing
avail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈveɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: more avail
form: most avail
Etymology: From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).
Senses: examples: text: In another incident, Henry allegedly sent Areu a video titled "Fastest interview" in which a woman flashes her vagina to a man during a job interview and then immediately receives a job offer. Henry allegedly followed up the video by texting Areu, "Are you avail for anchor interview."
ref: 2020 July 20, Salvador Hernandez, “Former Fox News Anchor Ed Henry Has Been Accused Of Rape And Sexual Harassment In A New Lawsuit”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2023:
text: Bravoholic NYC resident Trace Bechter, who attended the sentencing, disagreed with Stein's understanding of Housewives as purely scripted entertainment. "I thought, that can't be true, because if this current season of RHOSLC was written, we need completely new scriptwriters." (Bravo, I'm avail.)
ref: 2023 January 9, Sarah Galli, “Jen Shah's Prison Sentencing Was Like Another BravoCon—And Housewives Fans Are Conflicted”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
glosses: Clipping of available.
availability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: [əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi]
Forms: form: availabilities
Etymology: From available + -ity; attested since the early 1800s.
Senses: examples: text: What is your availability this week?
text: With an axleload of 16¾ tons they have a fairly wide [route] availability and they have been designed for ease of maintenance.
ref: 1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:
glosses: The quality of being available.
examples: text: We have several availabilities.
glosses: That which is available.
Synonyms: sense: quality of being available
word: availableness
sense: quality of being available
word: accessibility
Derived terms: availability bias
availability cascade
availability heuristic
availability zone
bioavailability
general availability
geoavailability
high-availability
interavailability
low-availability
oral availability
phytoavailability
press availability
availableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From available + -ness.
Senses: examples: the availableness of a title
glosses: Competent power; validity; efficacy
glosses: The quality of being available.
Synonyms: availability
availably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈveɪl.əb.li/
Forms: form: more availably
form: most availably
Etymology: From available + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: profitably
advantageously
efficaciously
glosses: In an available manner
availment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: availments
Etymology: From avail + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Profit; advantage.
Derived terms: purposeful availment
avalanche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
ipa: /ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/
Forms: form: avalanches
Etymology: From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansch lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).
Senses: examples: text: They were drinking from a fountain / That was pouring like an avalanche / Coming down the mountain
ref: 1996, “Pepper”, performed by Butthole Surfers:
synonyms: snowslide
snowslip
glosses: A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
glosses: A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
examples: text: Yes, but she talked it away. She uses a whole language to herself. Her discourse is an avalanche of words, beneath which the hearers are overwhelmed.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 177:
text: I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul
ref: 1971, Leonard Cohen, “Avalanche”, in Songs of Love and Hate:
text: The apparent success of the City and South London triggered an avalanche of bills for Tube railways, and in 1892 a Joint Select Committee of Parliament set out some ground rules.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 109:
synonyms: barrage
blitz
glosses: A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
Derived terms: applanche
avalanche effect
avalancheless
avalanchelike
avalanche lily
electron avalanche
interavalanche
Townsend avalanche
lurker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɜː.kə/
ipa: /ˈlɝ.kɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lurkers
Etymology: From lurk + -er, agent suffix.
Senses: examples: text: It troubled me that there should have been a lurker on the stairs, on that night of all nights in the year, and I asked the watchman, on the chance of eliciting some hopeful explanation as I handed him a dram at the door, whether he had admitted at his gate any gentleman who had perceptibly been dining out?
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XL, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: One who lurks.
examples: text: However, less than half of lurkers went online that often. Those who post also are more likely than lurkers to use the Internet for both work and pleasure. Posters use the Internet to communicate more with others than lurkers do.
ref: 2013, Richard Davis, Politics Online: Blogs, Chatrooms, and Discussion Groups in American Democracy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 92:
text: It’s not unusual for people to join video calls with their camera off and microphone muted, but such lurkers can at least be called upon to speak.
ref: 2025 July 2, Lisa Bonos, Danielle Abril, “No one likes meetings. They’re sending their AI note takers instead.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025:
antonyms: poster
glosses: A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.
glosses: A small fishing-boat.
examples: text: In every large town sham official documents, with crests, seals, and signatures, can be got for half-a-crown. Armed with these, the patterer becomes a ‘lurker,’—that is, an impostor; his papers certify any and every ‘ill that flesh is heir to.’
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 219:
glosses: An impostor; a quack.
Derived terms: lurkership
photolurker
avale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: avales
form: avaling
form: avaled
form: avaled
Etymology: From Middle English avalen, from Old French avaler (“to descend”), a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”).
Senses: glosses: To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
glosses: To bring low; to abase.
examples: text: And from their sweaty courses did avale.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: To descend; to fall; to dismount.
Related terms: avalanche
avant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avants
Etymology: Abbreviated from avant-garde.
Senses: glosses: The front of an army; the vanguard.
Related terms: van
avant-corps
avant-disco
avant-funk
avant-courier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avant-couriers
Etymology: From French avant-coureur, with alteration of second element after courier.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Farrer reached Calcutta some time before them, announcing himself as the avant-courier of His Majesty's new court, in which he was to be the leading advocate.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 145
text: Her heart sickened with impatience, the time seemed longer now that they drew so near; gradually, the long shadows mingled together, objects became confused, and it was necessary to light the lamps and flambeaux, and the avant-courier began to sound his horn: it was dangerous to risk meeting another carriage in the then state of the roads.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Return Home”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 309:
glosses: A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach; a scout or herald.
Synonyms: word: harbinger
sense: generically
word: messenger
lurk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɜːk/
enpr: lûrk
ipa: /lɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: lurks
form: lurking
form: lurked
form: lurked
Etymology: From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną (“to be lying in wait, lurk”), equivalent to lour + -k (frequentative suffix).
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lurka (“to sneak away, go slowly”), dialectal Swedish lurka (“to dawdle, be slow in one's work”), Saterland Frisian lüürkje (“to look secretly, spy”), West Frisian luorkje (“to lurk”), Middle Low German lûrken (“to deceitfully stalk”).
Senses: examples: text: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
text: Things lurking in the dark / They like to leave a mark / Inside of you
ref: 2024, Jackie Evancho, “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla:
glosses: To remain concealed in order to ambush.
examples: text: Thus my plight was evil indeed, for I had nothing now to burn to give me light, and knew that 'twas no use setting to grout till I could see to go about it. Moreover, the darkness was of that black kind that is never found beneath the open sky, no, not even on the darkest night, but lurks in close and covered places and strains the eyes in trying to see into it.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: To remain unobserved.
examples: text: if we find the sophist lurking, we must round him up by royal command of the argument
ref: 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 235c:
glosses: To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
glosses: To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
examples: text: As junior dogsbody, he was lurked with this mission.
ref: 2015, Andrew Gordon, The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
Derived terms: delurk
lurker
lurkingly
lurkish
lurksome
lurky
lurk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɜːk/
enpr: lûrk
ipa: /lɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: lurks
Etymology: From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną (“to be lying in wait, lurk”), equivalent to lour + -k (frequentative suffix).
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lurka (“to sneak away, go slowly”), dialectal Swedish lurka (“to dawdle, be slow in one's work”), Saterland Frisian lüürkje (“to look secretly, spy”), West Frisian luorkje (“to lurk”), Middle Low German lûrken (“to deceitfully stalk”).
Senses: examples: text: At two p.m. a man had called on him, and had produced one of his advertisements, and had asked him if that was all square—no bobbies on the lurk.
ref: 1873, Charles Reade, chapter XXVIII, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 261:
text: There were enemies on the lurk and time was against him.
ref: 1921, George Colby Borley, The Lost Horizon:
text: […] barked furiously and made at him as at a wolf, and before he could wholly rise from the lurk because of the sudden consternation, […]
ref: 1955, John Maxwell Edmonds Longus, Daphnis et Chloe:
glosses: The act of lurking.
glosses: A swindle.
avant-guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The vanguard or advanced body of an army.
Synonyms: advance guard
vanguard
Coordinate terms: rear-guard
Related terms: avant-garde
avarice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: non-merged vowel
ipa: /ˈævəɹɪs/
note: merged vowel
ipa: /ˈævəɹəs/
note: merged vowel
ipa: /ˈævɹəs/
rhymes: -ævəɹəs
Forms: form: avarices
Etymology: From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
Senses: examples: text: By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.
ref: 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: covetousness
cupidity
glosses: Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
glosses: Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Synonyms: avariciousness
Related terms: avaricious
avariciously
avaricious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more avaricious
form: most avaricious
form: avaritious
form: avaricius
Etymology: From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
Senses: examples: text: In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
ref: 1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow:
glosses: Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Synonyms: greedy
Derived terms: avariciously
avariciousness
overavaricious
unavaricious
Related terms: avarice
avarous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avarous
form: most avarous
Etymology: Latin avarus
Senses: examples: text: It is a just matter of lamentation when souls which have been clad with zeal as with scarlet, constantly forward for the glory of God, fall to such apostasy as with Demas to embrace the dunghill of this world, and with an avarous hausture to lick up the mud of corruption.
ref: 1862, Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams, page 199
text: [Winners] will receive what they truly crave: fame. Fame and the undying adoration and admiration of the rest of us mere mortals. Plus of course the fabulous State Prize, which will be of sufficient attraction to excite even the most avarous teams.
ref: 1996, Wing Span, volumes 5-6, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, page 37:
text: Roosevelt, himself an avarous meat-eater, called for a formal investigation of the meat-packing scandal. To Roosevelt's horror, the government's report soon revealed that conditions in many of America's meat-packing plants were even worse than described in The Jungle.
ref: 2010 September 2, Richard T. Stanley, A Humorous Account of America's Past: 1898 to 1945, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: Avaricious.
avaunce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔːns/
ipa: /əˈvɑːns/
rhymes: -ɔːns
rhymes: -ɑːns
Forms: form: avaunces
form: avauncing
form: avaunced
form: avaunced
Etymology: From Old French avancer (“to move forward”).
Senses: examples: text: And so besechyng you, to take on you the defense of this booke, to auaunce the good that may come of it by your allowance and furtherance to publike vse and benefite...
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: To advance; to profit.
avaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔːnt/
rhymes: -ɔːnt
Etymology: First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
Senses: examples: text: 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, […]
ref: 1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
text: Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway,
Tyrannic man's dominion
ref: 1793, Robert Burns, “Song Composed in August (Now Westlin Winds)”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd edition, volume II, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793, →OCLC, page 133:
text: In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:
glosses: Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
avaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔːnt/
rhymes: -ɔːnt
Forms: form: avaunts
Etymology: First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
Senses: glosses: A vaunt; a boast.
avaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔːnt/
rhymes: -ɔːnt
Forms: form: avaunts
form: avaunting
form: avaunted
form: avaunted
Etymology: First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
Senses: examples: text: But he, the more outrageous and bold,
Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
examples: text: That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion.
ref: 1549, Miles Coverdale, transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the New Testament, London: Edward Whitchurche, Volume 2, Jude 21:
glosses: To depart; to move away.
glosses: To vaunt; to boast.
ave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːveɪ/
ipa: /ˈæveɪ/
ipa: /ˈeɪvi/
rhymes: -ɑːveɪ
rhymes: -æveɪ
rhymes: -eɪvi
Forms: form: aves
Etymology: From Latin ave.
Senses: examples: text: Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying
 And kneel and say an ave there for me.
ref: 1913, “Danny Boy”, Frederic Weatherly (lyrics):
glosses: An Ave Maria.
glosses: A reverential salutation.