Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nimiety

/nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nimi-ety
IPA: /nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

State of being in excess, more than is needed.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"June 2, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk There is a nimiety, - a too-muchness - in all Germans."
"I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

nimieties (plural)

Synonyms

superfluity surfeit excess surplus surplusage

Questions

How do you pronounce nimiety?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪˈmaɪ ɪ ti/.
What does nimiety mean?: State of being in excess, more than is needed.
Where does nimiety come from?: Latin nimietās, from nimius (“excessive”) and nimis (“excessively”).

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