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Word of the Day 06/12/20 Eftsoons

Eftsoons (adverb)
eftsoons [ eft-soonz ]


adverb Archaic.
1. soon after.
2. once again; anew.

Origin: before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above (def1)

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR EFTSOONS
They rested two days, and then eftsoons proceeded on their voyage.
A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF HERNANDO DE SOTO INTO FLORIDA PUBLISHED AT EVORA IN 1557|A GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS

Wherefore I do eftsoons intreat and require you to forbear to intermeddle any further.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS, 1586-89, VOL. II. COMPLETE|JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY

Eftsoons they vanish and I am again alone, alone—what pathos in the word!
NOTES OF A SON AND BROTHER|HENRY JAMES

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