nimiety

== English == === Etymology === Latin nimietās, from nimius (“excessive”) and nimis (“excessively”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/ === Noun === nimiety (countable and uncountable, plural nimieties) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== superfluity surfeit === References === American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000