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MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2021

HOW IS NIMIETY USED?

But of course there were problems of upkeep, and an oppressive feeling of nimiety, or too‐muchness. I have suffered from it all my life—too many possessions, too many books, too much to eat and drink.

KENNETH CLARK, THE OTHER HALF, 1977

The additions to the template may be broadly inconsequential … but the execution is unrivalled—the humorous animations, the high-contrast vistas, the nimiety of customization options. Video games have been this detailed before, but rarely to such unwaveringly joyous effect.

SIMON PARKIN, “THE BEST VIDEO GAMES OF 2014,” THE NEW YORKER, DECEMBER 15, 2014

culled from www.dictionary

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