| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| yon (adv., adj.) |
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| The adjective means “yonder” or “that” (as a kind of demonstrative); it’s archaic and therefore usually jocular today, as in Yon roast chicken attracts me mightily. The adverb also means “yonder” or “over there,” and it’s rare and obsolescent except in the usually jocular or self-consciously poetic cliché, hither and yon, as in We looked hither and yon but found nothing. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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