An activity or hobby that someone does regularly to enjoy themselves and pass the time.
Compound word: 'pass' (from Latin 'passus', to go or move) + 'time'. It literally means something you do to make time pass, emerged in English in the 1400s.
Different pasttimes reveal different time periods—chess and embroidery were major Victorian pastimes that required patience and focus, while video games are modern pastimes that reward speed and immediate gratification.
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