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a⋅non

[uh-non]
–adverb
1. in a short time; soon.
2. at another time.
3. Archaic. at once; immediately.
4. ever and anon, now and then; occasionally.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME anon, anoon, OE on āne in one (course), i.e., straightaway

anon.

1. anonymous.
2. anonymously.

Origin:
1730–40
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a·non   (ə-nŏn')   
adv.  
  1. At another time; later.

  2. In a short time; soon.

  3. Archaic At once; forthwith.


[Middle English, at once, from Old English on ān : on, in; see on + ān, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

anon.

An abbreviation for anonymous, used to indicate unknown or unacknowledged authorship. Without the period, anon means “at another time” or “again.”

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Word Origin & History

anon 
O.E., on an "into one, straightway (in one course), at once" (see one); by gradual misuse, "soon, in a little while" (1526).
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