nervose

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nervose

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By surface analysis, nerve + -ose. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )

Piecewise doublet of nervous and neurose.

adjective

  1. not comparable nerved; having prominent veins. A foot or more high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the upper usually ovate-lanceolate and sessile by a nervose veined base; pedicels shorter than the acute lobes of the calyx ; the lower lip or the corolla violet or rose-purple and the upper paler to nearly white; the saccate throat very oblique to the
  2. not comparable For or pertaining to the nerves. I ordered an injection to be thrown up three or four times a day, and she took a nervose mixture with tinct. valer. and castor, which method fhe continued till the 22d of December.

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"nervose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nervose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"nervose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nervose.

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@misc{nervose_2026,
  title = {nervose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nervose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}