Coming down the hill: which would have to be a verb since a verb is describing an action, and 'coming down' the hill, is saying the action he is taking is going down the hill
Because people couldn’t spell or pronounce it :)
A. a misty evening in November
The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”.