different between begone vs bygone

English

Etymology 1

Univerbation of be +? gone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi????n/, /b????n/

Interjection

begone

1. (archaic) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.

Derived terms

• bego (verb)

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????n/

Verb

begone

1. past participle of bego

Translations

Derived terms

• woe-begone, woebegone

Anagrams

• engobe

English

Etymology

From by (adverb) +? gone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba???n/
• Homophone: bigon (depending on the dialect)

Adjective

bygone (not comparable)

1. Having been or happened in the distant past.

Synonyms

• foregone, historical; see also Thesaurus:past

Translations

Noun

bygone (plural bygones)

1. (usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past.
   • 1881, Pearl Hyem, The fisherman's cove; or, Christianity realised (page 54)

     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.

Related terms

• let bygones be bygones

Translations

Anagrams

• gone by