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yon

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/jɒn/
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/jɒn/ · /jɑn/

Definition of yon

8 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. (dated, dialectal)Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
    “He went to climb yon hill.”
    “Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.”
    “"[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."”
    “"Do my eyes deceive me, or is yon object a Puddin'?" he cried.”
    “His head... his head... his face... it wisnae there. Nae black curly hair, nae eyes - I've never seen eyes sae blue as Joe's. Irises blue as yon sky. Blown tae smithereens... his gorgeous, bonny head, no there.”
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det

  1. (dated, dialectal)Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
    “He went to climb yon hill.”
    “Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.”
    “"[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."”
    “"Do my eyes deceive me, or is yon object a Puddin'?" he cried.”
    “His head... his head... his face... it wisnae there. Nae black curly hair, nae eyes - I've never seen eyes sae blue as Joe's. Irises blue as yon sky. Blown tae smithereens... his gorgeous, bonny head, no there.”

adv

  1. (dated, dialectal, not-comparable)yonder.

pron

  1. (dated, dialectal)That one or those over there.
    “As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"”

phrase

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of yarn over needle.
    “Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]”

name

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A surname from French.
  4. A surname from Korean.

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Etymology

From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.

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