yon

[ yon ]

/ yɒn /

Older Use.

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adjective, adverb

yonder.

pronoun

that or those yonder.

Nearby words

yolo, yom kippur, yom kippur war, yom tov, yomp, yon, yond, yonder, yong lo, yonge, yongjia

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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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
Half a dozen times he rushed hither and yon, but at all times he felt the spring of the splendid toy in my hand.
Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado|Lewis B. France
Yon downward and well-worn way leads sinful souls to the place of everlasting punishment.
Folk-Lore and Legends|Anonymous
But there's harder things in't nor that, and yon's the hardest.
David Elginbrod|George MacDonald

Young Fitzooth turned to Warrenton: "Can you tell me who these may be who sit alone in yon little box?"
Robin Hood|Paul Creswick
I cried to him over the thirty paces; but I got no reply from yon among the rushes.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for yon

yon

yond (jɒnd)

/ (jɒn) /

determiner

mainly Scot and Northern English

an archaic or dialect word for that yon man
(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

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).

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