nimiously

N1I1M3I1O1U1S1L1Y4

adverb

Excessively; extravagantly; inordinate.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adverbnimiously (comparative more nimiously, superlative most nimiously)

comparative more nimiously · superlative most nimiously

  1. obsoleteExcessively; extravagantly; inordinate.

    94. An offer to take an applicant for relief into a poors' house is in general a sufficient offer of relief, though the Court would probably exercise a control if made nimiously ;

    1854, Alexander Murray Dunlop, “Of Relief and Recourse” (chapter IV), in The Law of Scotland Regarding the Poor, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 68
    2 more examples

    In such a case the salmon fisher has no right to complain of the trout fisher (so far as angling is concerned), nor the trout fisher of the salmon fisher for fishing at any particular point, except where one purposely acts, not in the exercise of his legal right, but in order to obstruct his neighbour in the exercise of his ; or as it is technically called in Scotland, except he acts nimiously.

    1873, James Paterson, “The Laws of Angling” (chapter V), in A Treatise on the Fishery Laws of the United Kingdom, […], 2nd edition, London: Shaw and Sons, page 228

    Indeed such a settlement was inevitable from the first ; and had it not been for the long endurance of the anxiously fortified liferent possession bestowed (no doubt nimiously) by James II.

    1880, Mark Napier, The Lennox of Auld. An Epistolary Review of "The Lennox, by William Fraser", Edinburgh: David Douglas, page 77

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: nimiously on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.