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yon

[ yon ]

/ yɒn /

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH yon

hence hither thence thither whence whither yon (see usage note at whence) yawn yon

Words nearby yon

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

Example sentences 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

Idioms and Phrases with yon

yon

see hither and thither (yon).