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English
Etymology
From a- + gone, see ago.
Pronunciation
Adverb
agone (not comparable)
- (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Alternative form of ago
1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind, / Subdued; as poets say, long agone, / Bold Sir George, Saint George did the dragon.
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)
- 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)
- shad (Alosa agone)
Further reading
- agone2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
agōne
- ablative singular of agōn
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
agone
- 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