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yond

[yond]
adverb, adjective Archaic.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English geond; akin to Dutch ginds, Gothic jaind. See yon
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Yond is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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yon or yond (jɒn, jɒnd)
 
determiner
1.  chiefly (Scot), (Northern English)
 a.  an archaic or dialect word for that : yon man
 b.  (as pronoun): yon's a fool
2.  variants of yonder
 
[Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains]
 
yond or yond
 
determiner
 
[Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains]

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yond
O.E. geond (adv., prep.) "beyond, yonder," rel. to geon (see yon).
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