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yond

/jɒnd/

yond adjective: further; more distant.

Adjective (1)

yond (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Further; more distant.
  2. (obsolete) Yonder.
    • Nightly she sings on yond Pomgranet tree,c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Last night of all,
      When yond same star that’s westward from the pole
      Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Adverb

yond (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Yonder.
    • The fringed curtains of thine eye advance,
      And say what thou seest yond.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Adjective (2)

yond

  1. (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
    • Emongst the shepheard swaynes, then wexeth wood & yond1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 40

Origin of yond

From Middle English yond, from Old English ġeond.

From Middle English onde (“malice, ill-will”), from Old English onda, anda (“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).

Words that rhyme with yond

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Questions about yond

What does yond mean?
Yond means further; more distant.
What part of speech is yond?
Yond can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce yond?
Yond is pronounced /jɒnd/.

Words near yond in the dictionary

  1. Yoncalla
  2. Yonce
  3. Yonces
  4. yoncopin
  5. yoncopins
  6. yond
  7. yonder
  8. yonderly
  9. yondermost
  10. yonderness
  11. yonders

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