How to Spell nervous
nervous
nervous - adjective
- Timid, apprehensive
- Easily excited or irritated : jumpy
- Of or relating to the {a_link|nerves}
- Tending to produce nervousness} or agitation : {sx
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a nervous smile"
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French nervus, nervous, borrowed from Latin nervōsus "full of tendons, sinewy, tough, vigorous (of a person or literary style)," from nervus "sinew, muscle, nerve:1" + -ōsus -ous
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