adjective 1. belonging to an earlier time. "relics of a bygone age. 2. a thing dating from an earlier time. "the museum consists of a fascinating collectine of rural bygones. 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬. ]