Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808–55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)
nerval in American English
(ˈnɜːrvəl)
adjective
neural
Word origin
[1630–40; ‹ LL nervālis of, belonging to nerves, equiv. to L nerv(us) nerve + -ālis-al1]
Nerval in American English
(neʀˈval)
noun
Gérard de (ʒeiˈʀaʀ də) (Gérard Labrunie), 1808–55, French writer