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passtime

passtime is the obsolete spelling of pastime.

Meaning of pastime

Noun

pastime (plural pastimes)

  1. Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
    • Chatting is a pleasant pastime.

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Forms of passtime

pluralpasstimes

Origin of passtime

From Middle English passe tyme, calque of Middle French passe-temps.

Questions about passtime

What is passtime the obsolete spelling of?
Passtime is the obsolete spelling of pastime.

Words near passtime in the dictionary

  1. passthought
  2. passthoughts
  3. passthrough
  4. passthroughs
  5. passthru
  6. passtime
  7. passtimes
  8. passul
  9. passus
  10. passuses
  11. passw0rd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: passtime (page history and authors); pastime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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