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ni⋅mi⋅e⋅ty

  [ni-mahy-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. excess; overabundance: nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
2. an instance of this.
Origin:
1555–65; < LL nimietās, equiv. to nimi(us) too much + -etās, var. (after i) of -itās -ity
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ni·mi·e·ty   (nĭ-mī'ĭ-tē)   
n.  Superfluity; excess.

[Late Latin nimietās, from Latin nimius, excessive, from nimis, excessively; see ne in Indo-European roots.]
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