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nimiety

noun/nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

What It Means

State of being in excess, more than is needed.

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Nimiety in Context

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

— 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Clips from a Life

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

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