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Definitions for: Nervous
[adj] unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
[adj] excited in anticipation
[adj] easily agitated; "quick nervous movements"
[adj] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
[adj] of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
Webster (1913) Definition: Nerv"ous, a. [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F.
nerveux. See Nerve.]
1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. ``Nervous
arms.'' --Pope.
2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by
strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a
nervous writer.
3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as,
nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited;
subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the
nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
Poor, weak, nervous creatures. --Cheyne.
5. Sensitive; excitable; timid.
Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the
unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous
about the land. --M. Arnold.
Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by
great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by
delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc.
Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized co["o]rdinating
apparatus which endows animals with sensation and
volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three
systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the
peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the
sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under
Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic,
and Illust. in Appendix.
Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a
general predominance of mental manifestations. --Mayne.
Synonyms: aflutter, anxious, excitable, excited, neural, skittish, spooky, tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet
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