Nimious
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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