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yonder

yon·der

UK/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/ US/ˈjɑndəɹ/ fairly common literary
adjective (1) adverb (1)

adjective

1.

distant but within sight (`yon'' is dialectal)

  • “yonder valley”
  • “the hills yonder”
  • “what is yon place?”
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adverb

1.

at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon'' is archaic and dialectal)

  • “the house yonder”
  • “scattered here and yon” Calder Willingham
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Origin

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).

Phrases

  • absence makes the heart go yonder
  • here and yonder
  • hither and yonder
  • that yonder
  • this yonder
  • wide blue yonder
  • wild blue yonder

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