| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·non |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -n n |
| ADVERB: | 1. At another time; later. 2. In a short time; soon. 3. Archaic At once; forthwith. | | IDIOM: | ever (or now) and anon Time after time; now and then. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, at once, from Old English on  n : on, in; see on + n, one; see oi-no- in Appendix I.
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