nervinessn.

Brit.

/ˈnəːvɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈnərvinᵻs/

Forms: 1600s neruinesse, 1900s nervy-ness, 1900s– nerviness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nervy adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < nervy adj. + -ness suffix.

†1. The state or quality of being sinewy. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > quality

tendonousness1598

nerviness1611

sinewiness1727

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Neruosita Sinewinesse, neruinesse.

2. The quality or condition of being nervous (see nervous adj. 9a) or nervy (see nervy adj. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness

nerves1742

nervosity1787

nervousness1798

all-overs1829

nerviness1916

vertical gust1917

wind-up1917

vertical breeze1925

nail-biting1952

1916 V. Brittain Let. 1 Sept. in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 248 To have the face of a leader of men strong almost to unscrupulousness combined with an almost entire absence of self-esteem, and an excessive reserve & nervy-ness & shyness, is certainly an incongruity.

1921 Glasgow Herald 15 June 8 The home men had only to shake off their ‘nerviness’ to reduce the Australian bowling to trundling of good class.

1957 ‘S. Smith’ Not Waving but Drowning 46 He says that religious thought and all our nerviness Is because of the great shock it was for all of us Long, long ago.

1975 J. Rathbone Kill Cure i. i. 16 Bury, she supposed, was all right, but there was a nerviness about him that she did not quite like.

1993 M. Kennedy Britten (rev. ed.) xvi. 114 This nerviness showed itself also in a quite extraordinary tension.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nerviness
释义	nervinessn. Brit. /ˈnəːvɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnərvinᵻs/ Forms: 1600s neruinesse, 1900s nervy-ness, 1900s– nerviness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nervy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < nervy adj. + -ness suffix. †1. The state or quality of being sinewy. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > quality tendonousness1598 nerviness1611 sinewiness1727 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Neruosita Sinewinesse, neruinesse. 2. The quality or condition of being nervous (see nervous adj. 9a) or nervy (see nervy adj. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness nerves1742 nervosity1787 nervousness1798 all-overs1829 nerviness1916 vertical gust1917 wind-up1917 vertical breeze1925 nail-biting1952 1916 V. Brittain Let. 1 Sept. in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 248 To have the face of a leader of men strong almost to unscrupulousness combined with an almost entire absence of self-esteem, and an excessive reserve & nervy-ness & shyness, is certainly an incongruity. 1921 Glasgow Herald 15 June 8 The home men had only to shake off their ‘nerviness’ to reduce the Australian bowling to trundling of good class. 1957 ‘S. Smith’ Not Waving but Drowning 46 He says that religious thought and all our nerviness Is because of the great shock it was for all of us Long, long ago. 1975 J. Rathbone Kill Cure i. i. 16 Bury, she supposed, was all right, but there was a nerviness about him that she did not quite like. 1993 M. Kennedy Britten (rev. ed.) xvi. 114 This nerviness showed itself also in a quite extraordinary tension. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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