Meaning

3 senses
  1. (in compounds)Having nerves of a specified kind.

    a strong-nerved hero

  2. (in compounds, often)Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.

    The leaf was palmately nerved.

  3. (obsolete)Vigorous, strong; courageous.

Origin

From nerve + -ed.

From nerve + -ed.

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Forms

more nerved, most nerved
Comparativemore nerved Lesson
Superlativemost nerved Lesson

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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