nervy
English
/ˈnɜː.vi/, /ˈnɝ.vi/
adj
Definitions
- (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
- (British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
- (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
- (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.
Etymology
Suffix from English nerve.
Origin
English
nerve
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abnerval English
- innerve English
- midnerve English
- nerval English
- nerve English
- nerved English
- nerveless English
- nervelike English
- nerven English
- nerveway English
- nervily English
- nervimotion English
- nerviness English
- nervish English
- nervous English
- renerve English
- unnerve English
- nervus Latin
- neva Swahili