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Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.

Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.

Destitute of nerves.

The state of being nerveless.

ent caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison.

Any agent capable of causing nervimotion. Dunglison.

Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. -- n.

Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.

Same as Nerved.

Nervousness. [R.]

possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.

In a nervous manner.

State or quality of being nervous.

One of the nerves of leaves.

Strong; sinewy. "His nervy knees." Keats.

nt of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine. Bp. Hall.

Nose. [Obs.] Piers plowman.

Soft; tender; delicate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.

solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is called Nessler's solution or Nessler's test, and is used to detect the presence of ammonia.