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单词 nevermas
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nevermasn.

Brit. /ˈnɛvəmas/, /ˈnɛvəməs/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˌmæs/, Scottish English /ˈnɛvərmas/, /ˈnɛvərməs/
Forms: see never adv. and -mas comb. form; also 1800s neversmas.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., -mas comb. form.
Etymology: Humorously < never adv. + -mas comb. form.
Scottish in later use.
A time or date which never comes.
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the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [noun] > time or date which never comes
Latter Lammas1559
nevermas?1562
the week of the four Fridays1766
Tib's Eve1785
nevermore1951
?1562 Thersytes sig. D.iv That shall be at neuermas Whyche neuer shall be, nor neuer was.
1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 52 At latter Lammass; at Nevermass; when two sundays come together.
1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 99 They prorogu'd to—Nevermass.
1894 J. M. E. Saxby Camsterie Nacket 11 If I was ta lave it and him, it wad stand untouched till neversmas.
1929 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 413/2 At nevermas fin the cock lays.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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