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bygone

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

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ygone

English

Verb

ygone

  1. (obsolete) past participle of go

Anagrams

  • Yonge, goney

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