from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
yon
adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: {yonder}, {yon}]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
{yonder}, {yon}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Yon \Yon\ (y[o^]n), a. [OE. yon, [yogh]on, AS. geon; akin to G.
jener, OHG. jen[=e]r, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains.
[root]188. Cf. {Beyond}, {Yond}, {Yonder}.]
At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]
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Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. --Milton.
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Though fast yon shower be fleeting. --Keble.
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