NIMIETY

excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety

(noun) a quantity much larger than is needed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nimiety (countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)

State of being in excess, more than is needed.

Synonyms

• superfluity

• surfeit

Source: Wiktionary


Ni*mi"e*ty, n. Etym: [L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis, adv., too much.]

Definition: State of being in excess. [R.] There is a nimiety, a too-muchess, in all Germans. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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