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far-gone

far-gone is the alternative form of far gone.

Meaning of far gone

Adjective

far gone (comparative further gone or farther gone, superlative furthest gone or farthest gone)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see far, go, gone.
    • You're pretty far gone, pretty far gone You're clear out here in Ore-y-gone.1992, Tom Nash, Twilo Scofield, The Well-traveled Casket: A Collection of Oregon Folklife, page 25
  2. Almost entirely used up or elapsed.
    • […] the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 13:12
  3. At an advanced stage of decline, disability or alteration, from some process, such as disease, decay, intoxication, infatuation, or moral weakness.
    • This mischief is remedied if the wine be not too far gone, and possess strength and body, by racking it into a cask just emptied of sound wine, and sulphured.1836, Cyrus Redding, A History and Description of Modern Wines, page 46

Forms of far-gone

comparativefurther-gone
comparativefarther-gone
superlativefurthest-gone
superlativefarthest-gone

Questions about far-gone

What is far-gone the alternative form of?
Far-gone is the alternative form of far gone.

Words near far-gone in the dictionary

  1. far-fetchedly
  2. far-fetchedness
  3. far-field
  4. far-flung
  5. far-flungness
  6. far-gone
  7. far-left
  8. far-lefter
  9. far-lefters
  10. far-leftist
  11. far-leftists

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