nimiety
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin nimietās, from nimius (“excessive”) and nimis (“excessively”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nimiety (countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)
- State of being in excess, more than is needed.
- (Can we date this quote?) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- There is a nimiety, a too-muchness to all Germans.
- 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:
- I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
- (Can we date this quote?) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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References[edit]
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000