Definitions for bygone

bygone by·gone

Spelling: [bahy-gawn, -gon]
IPA: /ˈbaɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn/

Bygone is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in bygone (begnoy).

Definitions for bygone

noun

  1. Usually, bygones. that which is past:

Idioms

  1. let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled:

adjective

  1. past; gone by; earlier; former:

Origin of bygone

1375-1425; late Middle English (north) by-gane; see gone, by1

Examples for bygone

The children were in the habit of calling each other by that means in bygone years.

Was he slipping into the shadows and assuming the more secretive posture of spymasters from a bygone era?

That is contrary to the observation of philosophers of bygone days.

He could still hear the laughter of the bygone Salon of the Rejected.

For instance, no mention has yet been made of the Hermæ of bygone ages.

Blues music is often treated like a museum piece, a relic from a bygone day, but this band will make you want to get up and dance.

Three years on, doesn't it already feel like a leftover from a bygone era?

The outsized personalities of that time are also of a bygone era.

And now, dig into this profile of Royko, a giant from a bygone time.

How clearly and how sharply have all these bygone events been stamped upon my memory!

Word Value for bygone
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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