| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nerv·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  nûr v |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: nerv·i·er, nerv·i·est
1. Arrogantly impudent; brazen. 2. Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold. 3. Chiefly British Jumpy; nervous. 4. Archaic Full of muscular force; sinewy. | | OTHER FORMS: | nervi·ness —NOUN
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