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Russian
Etymology
From ми́мо (mímo, “past, by”) + -о- (-o-) + -ход (-xod) + -ом (-om, instrumental suffix), based on a combining form of ходи́ть (xodítʹ, “to walk, to go”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
мимохо́дом • (mimoxódom)
- (colloquial) in passing
1862, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть первая. X. Праздник Рождества Христова”, in Записки из Мёртвого дома; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The House of the Dead, 1915:Замечу мимоходом: между арестантами почти совсем не замечалось дружества, не говорю общего, — это уж подавно, — а так, чтоб один какой-нибудь арестант сдружился с другим.- Zameču mimoxodom: meždu arestantami počti sovsem ne zamečalosʹ družestva, ne govorju obščevo, — eto už podavno, — a tak, štob odin kakoj-nibudʹ arestant sdružilsja s drugim.
- I may mention in parenthesis that there was scarcely a trace of friendly feeling among the convicts—I don’t mean general friendliness, that was quite out of the question, I mean the personal affection of one convict for another.