bygone

From by (adverb) +‎ gone.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪɡɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪɡɔn/
• Homophone: bigon (depending on the dialect)

bygone (not comparable)

1. Having been or happened in the distant past.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     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.

bygone (plural bygones)

1. An event that happened in the past.

• let bygones be bygones

• gone by