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Durst vs Avaunt - What's the difference?

durst | avaunt |

As nouns the difference between durst and avaunt

is that durst is thirst while avaunt is (obsolete) a vaunt; a boast.

As an interjection avaunt is

(archaic) begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "get thee gone".

As a verb avaunt is

(obsolete) to advance; to move forward; to elevate.

durst

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (dare)
    • Four and Twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail...
  • *1595 , Act 2, Scene 2, lines 82-83
    • Who durst defy the omnipotent to arms
  • *1667 , Book I, line 49
    • Pretty soul, she durst not lie, near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.
  • * 1843 , '', book 2, ch. 6, ''Monk Samson
    • nor was there a monk who durst' speak to me, nor a laic who ' durst bring me food except by stealth.
  • * 1883:
    • Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarterdeck, and, anxious as I was to tell them my story, I durst not interrupt them.
  • * 1896 , , XXX, lines 1-2:
    • Others, I am not the first,
    ''Have willed more mischief than they durst'

    Derived terms

    * dursn't

    Anagrams

    * English verb irregular forms

    avaunt

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (archaic) Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
    • (Spenser)
  • (obsolete) To depart; to move away.
    • (Coverdale)
  • (archaic) To vaunt; to boast.

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