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"now and then," 1520s, from sometime + adverbial genitive -s.

past participle and sometimes past tense of swim (v.).

"sorrowfulness, sadness," 1839, abstract noun from lugubrious. Sometimes also lugubrosity.

fem. proper name, German diminutive of Greta, a German and Swedish pet form of Margaret. Sometimes used as a typical German female name, also sometimes in reference to the name of the simple girl seduced by Faust.

effluvia (n.)

Latin plural of effluvium. Sometimes mistaken for a singular and re-pluralized.

nana

child's word for "grandmother" or, sometimes, "nurse," 1844 (see nanny).

kitch (n.)

colloquial shortening of kitchen, attested by 1919. Sometimes also an erroneous spelling of kitsch.

surveil (v.)

1903, probably a back-formation from surveillance. Sometimes also surveille. Related: Surveilled; surveilling.

north-easter (n.)

sometimes nor'easter, "gale or wind blowing from the northeast," 1794, from northeast.

phenomena (n.)

classical plural of phenomenon (see -a (2)). Sometimes also erroneously used as a singular.

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