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yonder(dictionary)

yonder (iou)



yonder adverb, adjective, pronoun, & noun. ME.
[Corresp. to Old Saxon gendra (adjective), West Frisian gindra (adjective) on this side, Middle Dutch ghinder, gunder (Dutch ginder), Gothic jaindre.]
A. adverb.
At or in the indicated place, there (esp. at a distance but within view); at some distance in the indicated direction; over there. ME.
R. Sutcliff Yonder where the valley opens. F. O'Connor Look down yonder..See that blind man down there? R. Macdonald I found it in the clump of trees yonder. L. K. Johnson There's a glow on the hill, way over yonder.
To that place. ME.
b. demonstr. adjective.
Further, more distant. LME.
H. Fraser His dead name..by which his shadowy companions call him in the yonder world. G. Meredith A beech in May With the sun on the yonder side. Dublin Review Something on the yonder side of imagery.
Situated yonder. Cf. YON adjective 1. LME.
Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream You, the murderer, look as bright..as yonder Venus in her glimmering sphere.
C. demonstr. pronoun. = YON pronoun. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
D. noun.
A yonder aspect. rare Only in L19.
The far distance; a remote place. Usu. with qualifying adjective colloq. M20.
C. Cockburn The ex-editor..suddenly appeared out of the deep green yonder of Ireland.
yonderly adjective (fig., dial.) (a) distant, reserved; (b) depressed, gloomy: E19.
yonderway adverb by that way, in that manner L16.