bygone

adj
/ˈbaɪɡɒn/UK/ˈbaɪɡɔn/US

Etymology

From by (adverb) + gone.

  1. inherited from *gānaz
  2. inherited from gān
  3. inherited from gon
  4. formed as bygone — “by + gone

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

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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