bygone

Definition

Having been or happened in the distant past.

Etymology

From by (adverb) + gone.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."
• "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."