nimious

1. (Scotland, law, obsolete) Excessive; extravagant; inordinate; vexatious.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."Synonyms: onerous, unrestrained, arduous, backbreaking, burdenous, burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrousScotlandobsolete