nimio

See also: nimiö

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nimius (“excessive”), derived from nimis (“too much, excessively”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.mjo/
• Rhymes: -imjo
• Hyphenation: nì‧mio

Adjective

nimio (feminine nimia, masculine plural nimi, feminine plural nimie) (literary, rare)

1. excessive

   Synonyms: eccessivo, esagerato

2. verbose, prolix

   Synonym: prolisso

Further reading

• nimio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

nimiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nimius

References

• “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
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nimius (“excessive”), with an inversion of meaning in its most common sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnimjo/ [ˈni.mjo]
• Rhymes: -imjo
• Syllabification: ni‧mio

Adjective

nimio (feminine nimia, masculine plural nimios, feminine plural nimias)

1. 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)

2. meticulous, thorough

   Synonym: meticuloso

3. excessive, exaggerated

Further reading

• “nimio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10