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nervous [ ner·vous ]

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ˈnɜːrvəs ]
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UK
ˈnɜːvəs ]
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Adjective

1. Easily agitated or alarmed.

a sensitive, nervous person

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Origin

1. Late Middle English (in the senses ‘containing nerves’ and ‘relating to the nerves’): from Latin nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus ‘sinew’ (see nerve). nervous (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.

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