What is "nimiety"

Nimiety \Ni*mi"e*ty\, n. [L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis, adv., too much.] State of being in excess. [R.]

There is a nimiety, a too-muchness, in all Germans.
--Coleridge.

"excess, redundancy," from Latin nimietas "excessiveness," from nimius "beyond measure, excessive," from nimis (adv.) "too much, beyond measure, excessively."

n. State of being in excess, possessing more than is needed.

n. a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage]