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Quotation dates: 1926
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¶NIMOUS, adj. An erron. form of Immis, q.v., dark, gloomy, arising from wrong division of an immis.Abd. 1926 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 227:
As the wifie said fin she luikit into the press instead o' openin' the back door, "it's a nimous nicht, pick dark an' a terrible smell o' cheese."
