nimio
See also: nimiö
Italian
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin nimius (“excessive”), derived from nimis (“too much, excessively”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnimio (feminine nimia, masculine plural nimi, feminine plural nimie) (literary, rare)
Further reading
edit- nimio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
editAdjective
editnimiō
References
edit- “nimio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nimio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- (ambiguous) to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin nimius (“excessive”), with an inversion of meaning in its most common sense.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnimio (feminine nimia, masculine plural nimios, feminine plural nimias)
- insignificant, trivial, petty, trifling
- Synonyms: insignificante, trivial
- 1917, Horacio Quiroga, Una estación de amor, Verano:
- Pero un nimio incidente, punzando su vanidad, lo arrastró de nuevo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- meticulous, thorough
- Synonym: meticuloso
- excessive, exaggerated
Further reading
edit- “nimio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Italian lemmas
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