anan

1. (obsolete) Expressing incomprehension or doubt; often requesting repetition or clarification, especially as an as an interrogative.Examples: "'You are familiar with the Polynesian, I collect?' asked Stephen. 'Anan, sir?' 'The South Sea language.'"; "“There was once [a mother], as in reason; but she has now been dead and sunk these two good years.” “Anan?” said Deerslayer, looking up at his companion in a little surprise. “Dead and sunk, I say, and I hope that's good English. The old fellow lowered his wife into the lake, by way of seeing the last of her, as I can testify, being an eye-witness of the ceremony; but whether Tom did it to save digging, which is no easy job among roots, or out of a consait that water washes away sin sooner than 'arth, is more than I can say.”"; "“Poor child, in what a den of vice you have been brought up!” “Anan, sir.” “She don’t understand me. Have you been taught to read and write?” “Oh no!”"obsolete