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Bygone

By′goneˊ

(bī′gŏnˊ; 115)

,

Adj.

Past; gone by.

“Bygone fooleries.”

Shak.

By′goneˊ

,

Noun.

Something gone by or past; a past event.

“Let old

bygones

be”

Tennyson.

Let bygones be bygones

,

let the past be forgotten.

Definition 2024

bygone

bygone

English

Adjective

bygone ‎(not comparable)

Having been or happened in the distant past.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
  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.

Translations

in the far past

Bulgarian: минал (bg) ‎(minal), предишен (bg) ‎(predišen)
Czech: minulý (cs), dávný (cs)
Dutch: vervlogen (nl)
Finnish: entinen (fi), mennyt (fi)
French: d'autrefois, passé (fr) m
German: vergangen (de)

Greek: αλλοτινός (el) ‎(allotinós), περασμένος (el) m ‎(perasménos)
Italian: passato (it) m, andato (it) m
Macedonian: дамнешен m ‎(dámnešen)
Russian: про́шлый (ru) ‎(próšlyj)
Scots: lang syne
Swedish: förgången (sv)

Noun

bygone ‎(plural bygones)

An event that happened in the past.

Translations

A person or occurrence that took place in the past

Dutch: het verleden, de dingen die voorbij zijn

Russian: про́шлое (ru) n ‎(próšloje) (past), было́е (ru) n ‎(bylóje)

Related terms

let bygones be bygones

Anagrams

gone by

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