nervosityn.

Brit.

/nəːˈvɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/nərˈvɑsədi/

Forms: 1600s neruositie, 1600s– nervosity.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nervosité.

Etymology: < Middle French, French nervosité strength, vigour (1553), nervous character (1829) < classical Latin nervōsitās strength < nervōsus nervous adj. and n. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

†1. Strength, vigorousness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > quality of being strong

strongnesseOE

craftOE

strengthOE

stiffness1399

stoutnessc1440

fortitude1553

mightinessa1586

nervosity1611

brawninessa1680

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nervosité, neruositie, sinewie strength.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. xvii His Expositions are..devoid of that strength and nervosity he shews in other things.

a. The state or condition of being nervous or of experiencing disordered or heightened sensitivity; nervousness. Sometimes also: neuroticism.

ΘΚΠ

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

nerves1742

nervosity1787

nervousness1798

all-overs1829

nerviness1916

vertical gust1917

wind-up1917

vertical breeze1925

nail-biting1952

1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 385 How far nervosity..will excuse a conduct so opposite to..philanthropy.

1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 530 A poor cracked creature, the miserable victim of nervosity.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Aug. 4/1 Andrieux's..nervosity is betrayed..in the husky and tremulous tones of his usually clear voice.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. ii. xxviii. 684 There is no real evidence that physical refinement and nervosity tend to accumulate from generation to generation in aristocratic or intellectual families.

1960 T. Kora in A. Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. 213 Of nervosity symptoms, homophobia appears most frequently.

1988 S. Quinn Mind of her Own xx. 409 Dr. Morita used the word shinkeishitsu (sometimes translated ‘nervosity’) to describe a wide variety of ailments, including all kinds of phobias and psychosomatic complaints.

1994 Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 89 31 Psychiatric symptoms such as nervosity and depression.

†b. A fit of nervousness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness > a fit of nervousness

nervosity1791

nerve1816

needle1874

1791 I. Milner in M. Milner Life I. Milner (1842) vi. 70 [Working] amuses, and it tends to lessen nervosities, and to dull pain.

†3. Botany. The state or condition of having veins or nerves. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Nervosity,..the state of being nerved.

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

单词	nervosity
释义	nervosityn. Brit. /nəːˈvɒsᵻti/, U.S. /nərˈvɑsədi/ Forms: 1600s neruositie, 1600s– nervosity. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nervosité. Etymology: < Middle French, French nervosité strength, vigour (1553), nervous character (1829) < classical Latin nervōsitās strength < nervōsus nervous adj. and n. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). †1. Strength, vigorousness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > quality of being strong strongnesseOE craftOE strengthOE stiffness1399 stoutnessc1440 fortitude1553 mightinessa1586 nervosity1611 brawninessa1680 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nervosité, neruositie, sinewie strength. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. xvii His Expositions are..devoid of that strength and nervosity he shews in other things. 2. a. The state or condition of being nervous or of experiencing disordered or heightened sensitivity; nervousness. Sometimes also: neuroticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness nerves1742 nervosity1787 nervousness1798 all-overs1829 nerviness1916 vertical gust1917 wind-up1917 vertical breeze1925 nail-biting1952 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 385 How far nervosity..will excuse a conduct so opposite to..philanthropy. 1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 530 A poor cracked creature, the miserable victim of nervosity. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Aug. 4/1 Andrieux's..nervosity is betrayed..in the husky and tremulous tones of his usually clear voice. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. ii. xxviii. 684 There is no real evidence that physical refinement and nervosity tend to accumulate from generation to generation in aristocratic or intellectual families. 1960 T. Kora in A. Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. 213 Of nervosity symptoms, homophobia appears most frequently. 1988 S. Quinn Mind of her Own xx. 409 Dr. Morita used the word shinkeishitsu (sometimes translated ‘nervosity’) to describe a wide variety of ailments, including all kinds of phobias and psychosomatic complaints. 1994 Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 89 31 Psychiatric symptoms such as nervosity and depression. †b. A fit of nervousness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness > a fit of nervousness nervosity1791 nerve1816 needle1874 1791 I. Milner in M. Milner Life I. Milner (1842) vi. 70 [Working] amuses, and it tends to lessen nervosities, and to dull pain. †3. Botany. The state or condition of having veins or nerves. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Nervosity,..the state of being nerved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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