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Period hard to recall due to insanity?
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time out of mind
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Time \Time\, n.; pl. Times . [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See Tide , n.] Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate ...
Wiktionary
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adv. (context idiomatic dated English) For a lengthy period of time; on numerous occasions. n. 1 (context idiomatic English) The distant past beyond anyone's memory. 2 (context idiomatic English) A lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered. ...
Wikipedia
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Time Out of Mind is the thirtieth studio album by the American musician Bob Dylan , released on September 30, 1997, by Columbia Records . It was his first double studio album (on vinyl ) since Self Portrait in 1970. It was also released as a single CD. ...
WordNet
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n. the distant past beyond memory [syn: time immemorial ]
Usage examples of time out of mind.
From time out of mind they'd lived almost entirely in dwarvish kingdoms, where mostly they were safe from human predation.
I was aware, however, that his very ancient family had been noted, time out of mind, for a peculiar sensibility of temperament, displaying itself, through long ages, in many works of exalted art, and manifested, of late, in repeated deeds of munificent yet unobtrusive charity, as well as in a passionate devotion to the intricacies, perhaps even more than to the orthodox and easily recognisable beauties of musical science.
I was aware, however, that his very ancient family had been noted, time out of mind, for a peculiar sensibility of temperament, displaying itself, through long ages, in many works of exalted art, and manifested, of late, in repeated deeds of munificent yet unobtrusive charity, as well as in a passionate devotion to the intricacies, perhaps even more than to the orthodox and easily recognisable beauties, of musical science.
That they have lived upon the mountaintop for time out of mind, and trade wondrous devices for food and the like, but have otherwise little to do with the folk of the valley.
From time out of mind, this island's been given over to the navy and not much else.
Gramma Hague, who used to make the best pies in Tarker's Mills, has died of a heart attack, Willie Harrington, who is ninety-two, slipped on the ice in front of his little house on Ball Street late in November and broke his hip, but the library has received a nice bequest in the will of a wealthy summer resident, and next year construction will begin on the children's wing that has been talked about in town meeting since time out of mind.