BYGONE

bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone

(adjective) well in the past; former; “bygone days”; “dreams of foregone times”; “sweet memories of gone summers”; “relics of a departed era”

bygone, water under the bridge

(noun) past events to be put aside; “let bygones be bygones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bygone (not comparable)

Having been or happened in the distant past.

Synonyms

• foregone, historical; see also past

Noun

bygone (plural bygones)

(usually plural) An event that happened in the past.

Anagrams

• gone by

Source: Wiktionary


By"gone`, a.

Definition: Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." Shak

By"gone`, n.

Definition: Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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