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Webster 1913 Edition
Nimiety
Ni-mi′e-ty
,Noun.
[L.
nimietas
, fr. nimius
, a., nimis
, adv., too much.] State of being in excess.
[R.]
There is a
nimiety
, a too-muchness, in all Germans. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nimiety
NIM'IETY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
nimiety
nimiety
English
Noun
nimiety (countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)
- 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.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
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References
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000