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nimious (comparative more nimious, superlative most nimious)

1. (Scotland, law, obsolete) Excessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.

   Synonyms: onerous, unrestrained; see also Thesaurus:burdensome, Thesaurus:excessive

   • 1851, Alexander MacNeel-Caird, “Decisions in the Supreme Court fully reported”, in The Poor-Law Manual for Scotland, 6th edition, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, page 419:

     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.

   • 1887, “No. 18, Rattray v. White”, in Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland, volume 3, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, page 93:

     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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