EFTSOONS

Etymology

Adverb

eftsoons (not comparable)

(obsolete) Once again; another time. [11th-17th c.]

(now, archaic) Soon after, presently. [from 13th c.]

Anagrams

• festoons, softnose

Source: Wiktionary


Eft*soon", Eft*soons", adv. Etym: [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s soon. See Eft, and Soon.]

Definition: Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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