yonder
The farther, the more distant of two choices.
Adjective
- The farther, the more distant of two choices.
- "You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?" - 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in...
Origin
From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
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Adverb
- At or in a distant but indicated place.
- See who yonder is. - c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out...
- Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
- Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
- As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder. - 1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22
- They headed on over yonder.
Synonyms: thither
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absence makes the heart go yonder here and yonder hither and yonder wild blue yonder
Determiner
- Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- Yonder lass, who be she?
- But ſoft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the Eaſt, and Iuliet is the Sunne[…] - c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies,...
- Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ - 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- The yonder is Queen Niobe.
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that yonder this yonder wide blue yonder yonderly yondermair yondermost
Noun
- The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
- She set off into the blue yonder.
- Off we go in to the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun... - 1939, Robert MacArthur Crawford, Army Air Corps::