US /ˈnɪmiəs/ UK /ˈnɪmiəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    excessive; more than enough (rare)

    The report suffered from nimious detail that obscured its point.

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Synonyms
1 adj · excessive; more than enough... excessivesuperfluousimmoderateinordinateextravagant
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Etymology

From Latin nimius ('too much, excessive'), from nimis ('too much, beyond measure').

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