yon

[yon]Older Use.

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adjective, adverb

yonder.

pronoun

that or those yonder.

Origin of yon

before 900; Middle English; Old English geon; akin to Dutch gene, German jener, Old Norse enn, inn the, Gothic jains that

Can be confusedhence hither thence thither whence whither yon (see usage note at whence)yawn yon

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Related Words for yon

further, yon, away, beyond, distant, farther, remote, yonder, longer

Examples from the Web for yon

Contemporary Examples of yon

We've seen Mitt Romney fly thither and yon grasping at excuses not to release his tax returns.
The McCain Defense Shouldn't Fly
Michael Tomasky
July 17, 2012

Historical Examples of yon

What is it yon intend to do, and what do you mean by this body of physicians?
The Imaginary Invalid
Molire
Will you stay with him—support him—but for a few moments, while I make to yon light?
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Do you know an air—I am sure you must know it, "We'll gang nae mair to yon town?"
The Letters of Robert Burns
Robert Burns
See you yon long-limbed parson on the left—him with the pent-house hat.
Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gien he be in yon hole, Kirsty, I'll gang back and intil't my lee lane.
Heather and Snow
George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for yon

yon

yond (jɒnd)

determiner

mainly Scot and Northern English
1. an archaic or dialect word for that yon man
2. (as pronoun)yon's a fool
variants of yonder

Word Origin for yon

Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains

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Word Origin and History for yon

Old English geon (adj.) "that (over there)," from Proto-Germanic *jaino- (cf. Old Frisian jen, Old Norse enn, Old High German ener, Middle Dutch ghens, German jener, Gothic jains "that, you"), from PIE pronomial stem *i- (cf. Sanskrit ena-, third person pronoun, anena "that;" Latin idem "the same," id "it, that one;" Old Church Slavonic onu "he;" Lithuanian ans "he").

Idioms and Phrases with yon

yon

see hither and thither (yon).