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yon

[ yon ]

adjective



pronoun

  1. that or those yonder.

yon

/ jɒnd; jɒn /

determiner

    1. an archaic or dialect word for that

      yon man

    2. ( as pronoun )

      yon's a fool

  1. variants of yonder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yon1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English geon; akin to Dutch gene, German jener, Old Norse enn, inn “the,” Gothic jains “that”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yon1

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

see hither and thither (yon) .
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Example Sentences

We've seen Mitt Romney fly thither and yon grasping at excuses not to release his tax returns.

Yon deep bell tolls no matin—'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!

I'd believe it quicker aboot yon ither chiel, Charlie Rogerson.

He feels not the emotion of love, for his heart is made of ice, while his dark mind changes as the waters of yon river.

And if yer on a hoss, ye can foller a trail down to brushy fork and out on yon side.

As the madman was working over here, I climbed and slipped, and cut steps in the rock face of the cliff, on yon side.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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