Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nerved

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: nerved
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of nerve

adj

Vigorous, strong; courageous.

Obsolete

adj

Having nerves of a specified kind.

adj

Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.

Example Sentences

"Beſides, their pains and pleaſures are ſo dependent on outward circumſtances […] that they ſeldom act from the impulſe of a nerved mind, able to chooſe its own purſuit."
"a strong-nerved hero"
"The leaf was palmately nerved."

Etymology

From nerve + -ed.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more nerved (comparative) most nerved (superlative)

Derived Forms

quinquenerved rectinerved septuplinerved trinerved uninerved

Phrases

fan-nerved steely-nerved

Questions

What does nerved mean?: simple past and past participle of nerve
Where does nerved come from?: From nerve + -ed.

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