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yonder

[yon-der]

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adjective

being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road yonder is the one to take.

being the more distant or farther: yonder side.

adverb

at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English yonder, yender, equivalent to yond + -er as in hither, thither, etc.; akin to Dutch ginder, Gothic jaindre

Example Sentences

Bob, off you go into the wild blue yonder flying high into the sky.

Purely hypothetical and imaginary out of blue yonder of course, this chart is, but fun nonetheless.

But finally, the bird is free, and off he flies into the clear blue yonder.

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adverb, adjective Archaic.

yonder.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English geond; akin to Dutch ginds, Gothic jaind. See yon

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yonder (ˈjɒndə)

—*adv*
1.	at, in, or to that relatively distant place; over there

—*determiner*
2.	being at a distance, either within view or as if within view: yonder valleys

[C13: from Old English geond yond; related to Old Saxon jendra, Old High German jenēr, Gothic jaind]

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yonder

c.1300, from O.E. geond (see yond) + comp. suffix -er. Now replaced except in poetic usage by ungrammatical that.

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yond

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

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