bygone
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪɡɒn/ / /-ɡɔːn/ / /ˈbaɪɡɔn/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English by English gone English bygone From by (adverb) + gone.
- Having been or happened in the distant past.
“I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill You had drawne Oathes from him, not to ſtay: you (Sir) Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are ſure All in Bohemias well: this ſatisfaction, The ''by-gone-day proclaym'd, ſay this to him, He's beat from his beſt ward.”
“Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English by English gone English bygone From by (adverb) + gone.
- An event that happened in the past.
“Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.”
- An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc.
“And now just as the Victorians collected the minute objects with which to fill these houses, so today grown-ups are paying large sums for these bygones, while the children are given more modern houses to play with.”