Nimious

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious. Scotland, obsolete

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From Latin nimius.

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