bygone en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /-ɡɑn/ (General-American)
- /ˈbaɪɡɔn/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-ɡɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
- /ˈbaɪɡɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bi Proto-West Germanic *bī Old English bī Middle English by English by English gone English bygone From by (adverb) + gone. See go by.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having been or happened in the distant past.
I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill You had drawne Oathes from him, not to ſtay: you (Sir) Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are ſure All in Bohemias well: this ſatisfaction, The ''by-gone-day proclaym'd, ſay this to him, He's beat from his beſt ward.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 277, column 2:The modern, glass-fronted buildings surrounding the massive skyscraper Taipei 101 in the Xinyi District suggest a shift toward cleaner, starker development, but a trip to older parts of the city reveals hidden corners untouched by modernity. The oldest section, Wanhua, with its winding corridors and quiet decay, offers a glimpse of the city’s bygone days. At its bustling heart is the busy Longshan Temple. I bump past a flurry of tourists, worshipers and monks selling prayer beads outside the gates to reach the controlled chaos within, where hundreds of faithful light incense and present offerings at myriad shrines to Buddha and other deities.
2011 April 8, Erin Meister, “Reveling in the real Taiwain^([sic – meaning Taiwan])”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023, Travel:Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.
1962 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 399: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.
1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| by-gone | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (33)
la praeteritus (in the far past) · hu elmúlt (in the far past) · hu letűnt (in the far past) · cs dávný (in the far past) · ru про́шлый (in the far past) · fi mennyt (in the far past) · pl dawny (in the far past) · uk да́вній (in the far past) · pl przeszły (in the far past) · fi entinen (in the far past) · pl miniony (in the far past) · nl vervlogen (in the far past) · el περασμένος (in the far past) · es antaño (in the far past) · cs minulý (in the far past) · mk дамнешен (in the far past) · sco lang syne (in the far past) · hu régmúlt (in the far past) · es anteayer (in the far past) · fr d'autrefois (in the far past) · sv svunnen (in the far past) · bg предишен (in the far past) · txb atit (in the far past) · ru да́вний (in the far past) · it passato (in the far past) · bg минал (in the far past) · sv förgången (in the far past) · eo pasinta (in the far past) · el αλλοτινός (in the far past) · be да́ўні (in the far past) · it andato (in the far past) · de vergangen (in the far past) · fr passé (in the far past)