Eftsoons

Alternative forms

• eftsoon

Origin

From eft("again, after") + soon + -s("adverb suffix") – both senses (“soon after”, “again”) derive from senses of eft, which is related to after.

Full definition of eftsoons

Adverb

1. (obsolete) Once again; another time. 11th-17th c.
2. (now archaic) Soon after, presently. from 13th c.
• 1800, 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, ( and ), third stanza:He holds him with his skinny hand,‘There was a ship,’ quoth he.‘Hold off ! unhand me, grey-beard loon !’Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
• 1913 Walt Mason, Rippling Rhymes... but when the world is really wise—may that day come eftsoons!
• 1991, Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley, Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming Chapter , Princess Scarlet fanned herself with the Chinese fan that Supply had provided and, turning to Achmed Ali, said in formal tones, "belike
• 2009, , , Esoteric City, "Eftsoons he will speak unto you," warned the mummy formally; ...

Anagrams

• festoons
• softnose