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bygone

noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪɡɒn/ / /-ɡɔːn/ / /ˈbaɪɡɔn/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English by English gone English bygone From by (adverb) + gone.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.