Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time out of mind

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: time out of -mind
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The distant past beyond anyone's memory.

noun

A lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered.

adv

For a lengthy period of time; on numerous occasions.

Dated

Example Sentences

"But though this Kingdom of China doth often change its Lord and Name, the Chineſes however have time out of mind called it by two other particular names, as Chungchoa, and Chungque ; the firſt whereof ſignifies The Middle Kingdom ; and the other, the Middle Garden."
"Harvests at Boisveyrac had been gathered under arms since time out of mind, with sentries posted far up the shore."
"And on the yew that has been green from the times out of mind By the Steep Place of the Strangers and the Gap of the Wind."
"They were Episcopalians, and for time out of mind had rented a half-pew in the church of their denomination on California Street."
"Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut / Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, / Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers."
"Our constitution is a prescriptive constitution; it is a constitution, whose sole authority is, that it has existed time out of mind."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

times out of mind (plural) times out of mind (alternative)

Synonyms

time immemorial

Questions

What does time out of mind mean?: The distant past beyond anyone's memory.

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