Meaning of NIMIETY
Pronunciation: | | ni'mIitee
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| Definition: | | [n] extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" |
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| Synonyms: | | embarrassment, overplus, plethora, superfluity |
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| See Also: | | excess, excessiveness, inordinateness, redundance, redundancy | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ni*mi"e*ty\, n. [L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis,
adv., too much.]
State of being in excess. [R.]
There is a nimiety, a too-muchess, in all Germans.
--Coleridge.
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