nimiety

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

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Noun

nimiety ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)

1. State of being in excess, possessing more than is needed.
   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

     There is a nimiety, a too-muchness to all Germans.

   • 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, ISBN 978-0-00-727796-4:

     I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

Synonyms

• superfluity
• surfeit

References

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000