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begone en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈɡɒn/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /biːˈɡɒn/

Etymology

Univerbation of be + gone. Compare English beware.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, humorous, in modern usage) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
    • "Begone! move quickly! if quickly you can, you that shine forth into sight in moist times like the worm." 1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod Man:
    • Fairies be gone, and be alwaies away. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 157, column 1:

Forms

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be gone alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bego

Translations (21)

sv försvinn (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ja 去ね (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · fr ouste (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · gd thoir ort (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ms kus (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ru вон (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · hu tűnj el (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · gd bi air d' fhalbh (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · fi kaikkoa (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ru уходи́те (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ru уходи́ (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · it vattene (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · id enyahlah (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · gd falbh (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ms syuh (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · az rədd ol (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · hu tűnj a szemem elől (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · wyi yane-toee (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · cy cer o 'ma (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · az bas bayıra (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away) · ru прочь (expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away)

begone en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈɡɒn/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inflected forms.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of bego
    form of bego

Deriveds

woebegone · woe-begone