nervy
/ˈnɝ.vi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It takes a nervy man to promulgate such stuff, and Ted Nelson has made a career out of being nervy."
- "Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham."
- "She has been asked on a date to see The Barber of Seville in the company of society’s wealthiest and most eligible bachelor, the Hon Jeremy Malcolm (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) who is bored by her nervy and untutored chatter."
- "And, for those simple times, his garments were / A chieftain-king's: beneath his breast, half bare, / Was hung a silver bugle, and between / His nervy knees there lay a boar-spear keen […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English nerve Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nervy From nerve + -y.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɝ.vi/
- British English: /ˈnɜː.vi/