agone

See also: Agone

English

Etymology

From a- + gone, see ago.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

agone (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Alternative form of ago

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: a‧gó‧ne

Etymology 1

From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).

Noun

agone m (plural agoni)

  1. agon (all senses); contest, competition, litigation; battlefield
Further reading
  • agone1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

ago + -one

Noun

agone m (plural agoni)

  1. shad (Alosa agone)
Further reading
  • agone2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

agōne

  1. ablative singular of agōn

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English ago, agon (passed), past participle of agon (to depart, escape, pass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɡɔːn/

Adverb

agone

  1. ago
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      A while agone .
      A while ago.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22
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