Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nervous nellies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
ner-vous nel-lies
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does nervous nellies mean?
plural of Nervous Nelly

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