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)
- excessive
- Synonyms: eccessivo, esagerato
- verbose, prolix
- Synonym: prolisso
Further reading
- nimio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
nimiō
- 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, 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
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)
- insignificant, trivial, petty, trifling
- Synonyms: insignificante, trivial
- meticulous, thorough
- Synonym: meticuloso
- excessive, exaggerated
Further reading
- “nimio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014