nimious, a.
(ˈnɪmɪəs)
Also 5 nemyows, nymyos.
[f. L. nimius, f. nimis too much: see -ous.]
Overmuch, excessive; † exceeding. Now chiefly as a Sc. legal term.
| c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 857 My fathyr, of nemyows charyte sent me, his son. Ibid. 1112 Of yower nymyos charyte. 1622 S. Ward Christ All in All (1627) 23 With this Prouiso, that diuine and nimious adoration be not giuen. 1673 O. Walker Educ. 37 In unseasonable, nimious, opprobrious chiding. 1826 Syd. Smith Wks. (1850) 439 He is never nimious; there is nothing in excess. 1881 Scotsman 6 Jan., Nimious State interference is always and necessarily an evil thing. 1883 Edin. Evening News 20 Dec. 2/4 The action was ex facie so nimious and unreasonable as to excite prejudice against it. |