nimiety

ni·mi·e·ty

excess; redundancy

Origin of nimiety

Classical Latin nimietas from nimis, adv., too much (by litotes) from an unverified form ne-miis from ne-, not + Indo-European an unverified form miis, comparative of an unverified form meio-, little from base an unverified form mei- from source minor

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nimiety

noun

Superfluity; excess.

Origin of nimiety

Late Latin nimietās from Latin nimius excessive from nimis excessively ; see ne in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)

State of being in excess, possessing more than is needed.

Origin

Latin nimietÄs, from nimius (“excessive") and nimis (“excessively").

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