anon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb at another time
    • ever and anon
  2. adverb (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while
    • see you anon

WordNet

A*non" adverb
Etymology
OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + an one. See On and One.
Definitions
  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.
    A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

Webster 1913