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nimiety

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

State of being in excess, more than is needed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • June 2, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk There is a nimiety, - a too-muchness - in all Germans.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a quantity much larger than is needed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: excess, surplus, surplusage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance

History

Etymology

Latin nimietās, from nimius (“excessive”) and nimis (“excessively”).