Latin

Adjective

nimius m ‎(feminine nimia, neuter nimium); first/second declension

1. excessive, too great, too much

   Ex nimia sui opinione.

   Having too good a conceit of himself.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• Portuguese: nímio

References

• nimius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nimius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NIMIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nimius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere