Word of the Day 04/11/21 Nimiety
Nimiety (noun)
nimiety [ ni-mahy-i-tee ]
noun, plural ni·mi·e·ties.
1. excess; overabundance: nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
2. an instance of this.
WORDS RELATED TO NIMIETY
plethora, glut, waste, exuberance, surplus, overkill, oversupply, saturation, profusion, superabundance, overmuch, superfluity, surplusage, overflow, surfeit, exorbitance, rest, wastefulness, residue, redundancy
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Origin: 1555–65; < Late Latin nimietās, equivalent to nimi(us) too much + -etās, variant (after i) of -itās-ity
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nimiety [ ni-mahy-i-tee ]
noun, plural ni·mi·e·ties.
1. excess; overabundance: nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
2. an instance of this.
WORDS RELATED TO NIMIETY
plethora, glut, waste, exuberance, surplus, overkill, oversupply, saturation, profusion, superabundance, overmuch, superfluity, surplusage, overflow, surfeit, exorbitance, rest, wastefulness, residue, redundancy
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1555–65; < Late Latin nimietās, equivalent to nimi(us) too much + -etās, variant (after i) of -itās-ity
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.