Definition of anon

< anomie

anon. >

a·non    (-nn) KEY 

ADVERB:

1. At another time; later.
2. In a short time; soon.
3. Archaic At once; forthwith.

IDIOM:
ever/now and anon

Time after time; now and then.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, at once, from Old English on n : on, in ; see on + n, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots