Meanings
nounbytime (usually uncountable, plural bytimes)
plural bytimes · alternative by-time
- ScotlanduncountableusuallyA period of leisure; spare time
"[…] Doth our doughty Captain go birdsnesting and nutting in his bytimes?”
1976, Robert Haven Schauffler, Thanksgiving
Origin
- Scotsbytime
- Englishbytime
From Scots bytime, equivalent to by- + time.
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APA
bytime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bytime
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“bytime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bytime. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bytime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bytime.
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