anon — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. Straight away; at once.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Caliban: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.

   But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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   The dead man answered thus: “What good gift shall God give us?”, The boards answered him anon: “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”

2. Soon; in a little while.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   […]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.

   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.

3. At another time; then; again.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   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...

   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.

Noun

1. An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando.

   Synonyms

   anonym

   Examples

   Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons

   Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....

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   Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks

   those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)

2. An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando. An anonymous poster (“person who contributes a note, message, etc”). A participant in an online site, such as a forum or an imageboard, without an account, or who posts without identifying themselves, or hidden behind a pseudonym.

   Usage

   • Internet

3. A work with an unknown author.

   Examples

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   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.

4. A work without a title.

Adverb

1. at another time

   Examples

   ever and anon

2. (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while

   Examples

   see you anon