yond

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English, equivalent to yon (from Old English ġeond).

Adjective

yond (not comparable)

  1. further; more distant
  2. yonder
    • c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene IV.
      See you yond coign o' the Capitol, yond corner-stone?
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Lines 46-48:
      Last night of all, / When yond same star that’s westward from the pole / Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven.

Adverb

yond (not comparable)

  1. yonder

Etymology 2

From Old English onda, anda envy, jealousy; hatred, anger

Adjective

yond

  1. (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
    • Spenser
      Then wexeth wood and yond.

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