nimiety

Questions about nimiety

What does nimiety mean?

nimiety means "a quantity much larger than is needed".

How many syllables are in nimiety?

nimiety has 3 syllables and divides as ni-mie-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nimiety?

Close synonyms include excess, surplus, surplusage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nimiety a common word?

nimiety is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.