nervouser

Adjective

nervous (comparative more nervous or (nonstandard) nervouser, superlative most nervous or (nonstandard) nervousest)

1. (obsolete) Full of sinews.
2. (obsolete) Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.
   • [T]here is nothing in marble equal to the Venus of Medici, for ſoftneſs and tenderneſs; as there is nothing ſo ſtrong and nervous, as the Hercules Farneſe.1747, [Joseph] Spence, “Dial[ogue] VIII”, in Polymetis […] , London: R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 83
3. (obsolete) Of a piece of writing, literary style etc.: forceful, powerful.
   • Fortescutus illustratus, or a commentary on that nervous treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ […] [book title]1663, Edward Waterhous, Fortescutus Illustratus […], London: Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, title page
4. Supplied with nerves; innervated.
5. Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system.
   • All Nervous Diſtempers whatſoever, from Yawning and Stretching, up to a mortal Fit of an Apoplexy, ſeems to me to be but one continued Diſorder, or the ſeveral Steps or Degrees of it, ariſing from a Relaxation or Weakneſs, and the want of a ſufficient Force and Elaſticity in the Solids in general...1733, George Cheyne, “Of the General Division of Nervous Distempers”, in The English Malady […] […], London: G[eorge] Strahan […]; Bath, Somerset: J[ames] Leake, →OCLC, part I, pages 14–15
6. (obsolete) Nervose.
   • CANNACORUS, […] It hath a knobbed tuberoſe Root: The Leaves are long and nervous: […]1733, Philip Miller, “CANNACORUS”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1

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