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Meaning of nimious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Excessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.

Scotland, obsolete

Examples

“But instead of that, they raised this prejudicial question, and upon that ensues a litigation, the most nimious I ever saw, even on the part of a corporate body, whose annals generally abound with instances of nimious procedure.”
“The remaining grounds are, that the facts proved did not warrant a conviction, and that the proceedings were nimious and oppressive, and I am of the opinion that these are grounds on which this Bill of Suspension cannot be sustained.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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