nimiety

N1I1M3I1E1T1Y4
/nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

noun

State of being in excess, more than is needed.

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

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superfluitysurfeitexcesssurplussurplusage
OriginLatin nimietās →
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Meanings

nounnimiety (countable and uncountable, plural nimieties)

plural nimieties

  1. countableuncountableState of being in excess, more than is needed.

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

    1 more example

    I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

    2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Clips from a Life, →ISBN

    Synonyms: superfluity, surfeit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounState of being in excess, more than is needed.

Similar
superfluitysurfeit

More synonyms by meaning

nouna quantity much larger than is needed

Similar
excesssurplussurplusage
Broader
overabundanceovermuchovermuchness
Also see
excesssurplussurplusage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinnimietās
  2. Englishnimiety

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

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APA

nimiety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimiety

MLA

“nimiety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimiety. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nimiety,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimiety.

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