ETYMOLOGY
from Latin nimius (excessive),
from nimis (too much) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“…That is trew, and be possybilyte;
therfor of my deth shew yow I wyll.
My fathyr, of nemyows charyte,
sent me, his son), to make redemcyon),
wyche was conseyvyd be puer verginyte…”
From: The Digby Mysteries
Mary Magdalene. c1500
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