nimious

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nimious

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From Latin nimius.

adjective more nimious · most nimious

Scotland, obsolete Excessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious. But instead of that, they raised this prejudicial question, and upon that ensues a litigation, the most nimious I ever saw, even on the part of a corporate body, whose annals generally abound with instances of nimious procedure.
Similar: onerous, unrestrained, arduous, backbreaking, burdenous, burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, exacting, gruelling, laborious

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@misc{nimious_2026,
  title = {nimious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nimious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}