Bygone

Quick meaning: Bygone is an adjective meaning Having been or happened in the distant past.

Meaning

Having been or happened in the distant past.

More Meanings

1. (usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past.
2. (usually in the plural) An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• by-gone
• bygones

Synonyms for bygone

Depending on context, synonyms include foregone, historical, past, departed, gone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foregone, past, gone, departed, last, over.

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