Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Yonder.
- pro. Regional That one or those yonder.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That or those, referring to an object at a distance; yonder: now chiefly poetic.
- Same as yonder.
Wiktionary
- adj. Distant, but within sight.
- adv. Yonder.
- pro. That one or those over there.
- abbr. knitting yarn over needle
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- adv. at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
- adj. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
Etymologies
- Old English ġeon (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, short for yond, yond; see yond and yonder, yonder; see yonder. Pron., Middle English, from Old English geon; see i- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The making-up of the Madras into a turban is called "tying a head" (_marré yon tête_); and a prettily folded turban is spoken of as "a head well tied" (_yon tête bien marré_) ....”
“Such a word as _yonder_ is common enough still; but its corresponding adjective _yon_, as in the phrase "yon man," is usually relegated to our dialects.”
“If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; It may be, in yon smoke conceal'd, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.”
“Weather like yon is too good to last," said Mrs. Watson complacently,”
“And seek in yon green glen the joy that waits our hearts, my Dear.”
“There is a gentleman that is up in yon lodge on the hill above Glendyer.”
“And my wife, who cherished her sweet infancy, is now within yon brae.”
“-- stern duty seals our doom Though here I call yon conscious clouds to witness, Could I pursue the bias of my soul, All friends, all right of parents, I'd disclaim,”
“a fure yon will not leave me. 'ly the word yon will not go, cruel let me find ye,”
Internet Archive: The Vocal Magazine: Or, Compleat British Songster
“What do they call yon, and what is the name of the one whose sale you wish to trace? ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yon’.
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Mobying Along
looks like there's not an open Moby Dick list. So now there is.
hypos, Manhattoes, circumambulate, mole, grapnels, bowsprit, asphaltic, mazy, tranced, cataract, ungraspable, judgmatically and 227 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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phrontistery-y
from phrontistery.info
yuke, yuft, yu, yrneh, ypsiliform, yperite, yowie, yordim, yoni, yttriferous, yon, yomp and 63 more...
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Retrologisms
We're bringing it back.
Funky Old English and Middle English words presented for you.swyve, gowk, hwæt, droze, angnaegl, cashmarie, frith, cuttystool, scrid, perfract, cogitabund, juise and 41 more...
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Potpourri
eponymous, aa, pulchritude, gizmo, macabre, sui generis, solecism, solipsism, eldritch, samizdat, queue, obsequious and 469 more...
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Whether 'Tis Nobler: Words From Hamlet
nay, 'tis, thee, haste, ho, liegemen, o, hath, holla, entreated, apparition, tush and 104 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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miltonic
liberty, froth-becurlèd, host, huge-bellied, aghast, rills, gladsom, wrathfull, ordain, thunder-clasping, ruddy, warble and 264 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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MsHalston's Words
theoretically, insufferable, apolitico, milquetoast, egregious, aplomb, elan, fraught, flummox, befrocked, moll, molten and 605 more...
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Rogue's Words for bonnie lads n lassies
tinchel, glen, sassenach, guddle, brae, bonnie, eejit, deerhound, hoonds, lassie, laddie, heiland and 188 more...
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chimp_conspiracy's peradventures
archaic words that have utility of form or beauty of function; in short, antique words that shouldn't be obsolescent.
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Really Cool Three-Letter Words
None of your "the" and "get" here. No, no. This is the place for auk and sty, and words of that ilk.
One might think that being limited to only three letters would prevent many words fro...auk, sty, ilk, ani, owl, zit, ink, eau, rum, pus, pwe, pyx and 105 more...
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Pontifika's Words
tatterdemalion, tintinnabulation, zither, hither, yon, lop, vulgarian, acidulous, bittersweet, canny, nitwit, depredation and 29 more...
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ynaffit's Words
sedulous, vituperative, pullulating, erstwhile, imbroglio, asperity, cynosure, adumbrate, prosopopoeia, peerless, calumny, ague and 272 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for yon.

bilby "They crawled happily hither and yon, and every now and then he had to redirect one of them before he or she could pull a chair over or bump his/her head on the underside of the Formica table in the kitchen galley."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King. Dec 31, 2007
sionnach yonic does not, however, mean the quality of being yon Dec 3, 2007
sonofgroucho See hither and thither. Dec 2, 2007