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grand

“grand” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Etymology

From Old Norse grand (“grain, particle, little bit”), from Proto-Germanic *grandą (“grain, speck”), a nominal formation related to *grindaną (“to grind”).

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