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nimiety

/nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

Where it comes from

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

noun nimieties

countable, uncountable State of being in excess, more than is needed. June 2, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk There is a nimiety, - a too-muchness - in all Germans.
Similar: superfluity, surfeit

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@misc{nimiety_2026,
  title = {nimiety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nimiety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}