| Pronunciation: | ni'mIitee | ||
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| Definition: | [n] extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" | ||
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| Synonyms: | embarrassment, overplus, plethora, superfluity | ||
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| See Also: | excess, excessiveness, inordinateness, redundance, redundancy | ||
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| Definition: | \Ni*mi"e*ty\, n. [L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis,
adv., too much.]
State of being in excess. [R.]
There is a nimiety, a too-muchess, in all Germans.
--Coleridge.
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