nerved en · ADJ
Etymology
From nerve + -ed.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Vigorous, strong; courageous.
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.
1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter IV, page 70:
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(in-compounds) Having nerves of a specified kind.
a strong-nerved hero
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(in-compounds, often) Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.
The leaf was palmately nerved.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most nerved | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more nerved | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fan-nerved · quinquenerved · septuplinerved · steely-nerved · rectinerved · uninerved · trinerved
Translations (2)
fi -ruotinen (botany: having one or more principal veins) · fi -hermoinen (having nerves of a specified kind)