bygone
adj/ˈbaɪɡɒn/UK/ˈbaɪɡɔn/US
Etymology
Definitions
Having been or happened in the distant past.
- 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.
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
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.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bygone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA