WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : A*non"
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + an one. See On and One.]
Definition : 1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

2. Soon; in a little while. As it shall better appear anon. Stow.

3. At another time; then; again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913