Associations to the word «Departed»

Wiktionary

DEPARTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of depart
DEPARTED, adjective. (euphemistic) dead
DEPARTED, noun. (euphemistic) A dead person or persons.

Dictionary definition

DEPARTED, noun. Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done".
DEPARTED, adjective. Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era".
DEPARTED, adjective. Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.