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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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