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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   State of being in excess, more than is needed. countable, uncountable

   "June 2, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk There is a nimiety, - a too-muchness - in all Germans."

2. 2
   a quantity much larger than is needed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abandonabundanceabundanceacrasiaexaggerationexcess

Example

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"June 2, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk There is a nimiety, - a too-muchness - in all Germans."

Etymology

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

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