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Definition of Nimiety
1. Noun. A quantity much larger than is needed.
Generic synonyms: Overabundance, Overmuch, Overmuchness, Superabundance
Definition of Nimiety
1. n. State of being in excess.
Definition of Nimiety
1. Noun. state of being in excess, possessing more than is needed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nimiety
1. excess [n -ETIES] : NIMIOUS [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nimiety
Literary usage of Nimiety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir of John Nichol: Professor of English Literature in the University of by William Angus Knight (1896)
"The book I tax with both a nimiety, as STC phrased it, and a paucity; ... Well,
here is a satiety or (nimiety) for you, about a man for whom I have a loving ..."
2. Études sur l'Allemagne ancienne et moderne by Philarète Chasles (1854)
"S 1n- Eu quoi l'anglais diffère de l'allemand. •— Intensité et puissance de l'un.
— Immensité et nuances de l'autre. — nimiety, « trop plein » de l'allemand ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A doctor who attended especially for the venereal disease. nimiety, ». (Lat.)
Satiety. NIMEL, adj. (1) Nimble. (2) Capacious. ..."
4. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... or did it out of the nimiety of his own love and loyalty to the queen, expressing
it according to his own judgment, without the consent, if not against ..."
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