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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.
The state of being too much. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


nimiety

nimiety

English

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.

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References

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