Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective Yonder.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as yon or yonder.
  • In or at that (more or less distant) place; yonder.
  • Through.
  • Beside one's self; mad; furious; insane.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete Yonder.
  • adjective obsolete Furious; mad; angry; fierce.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
  • adjective further; more distant
  • adjective yonder
  • adverb yonder

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English geond; see i- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • "Not since she started for a walk up that hill over 'yond'."

    The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail Laura Dent Crane

  • Dey got 'bout hund'ed fifty peop 'yond' by Gran 'Point', and sim like dey mos 'all name Roussel.

    Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884

  • Rachel woke to a heavy silence and from her crowded bed she saw the white flakes swirling be yond the window in the wind tunnel created by the close stone buildings.

    Dearly Beloved 2010

  • Plagues were be - yond her control, but she held considerable influence over Nuitari, the moon that could be seen only by crea - tures aligned with evil.

    Stalling 2010

  • The older kender, holding Damaris's hand, set off at a carefree pace up the stone steps that spiraled upward be - yond the reach of the torchlight.

    Stalling 2010

  • College is being put be yond the reach of too many worthy students.

    Saving Public Universities, Starting With My Own Richard Lariviere 2010

  • Beyond ego, be - yond personality, beyond awareness, he moved, Kuang moving with him, evading his attackers with an ancient dance, Hideo's dance, grace of the mind-body interface granted him, in that second, by the clarity and singleness of his wish to die.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Dey thot it wuz an introodur and started attaking each ovver. :::shakes head::: Ai finks mai spazbabies am nooorotic be yond fixabuls….

    Video: Vocal Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • After years of practice he had developed the ability to transform most types of discomfort into ananda or bliss, but the pain he was feeling went be­yond his threshold.

    The term that triggered a million missiles Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • After years of practice he had developed the ability to transform most types of discomfort into ananda or bliss, but the pain he was feeling went be­yond his threshold.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

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  • "CORIOLANUS: Why, then, should I be consul? By yond clouds,

    Let me deserve so ill as you, and make me

    Your fellow tribune."

    - William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.

    August 28, 2009