[ˈnəːvəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- easily agitated or alarmed
(e.g: a sensitive, nervous person)

- relating to or affecting the nerves
(e.g: a nervous disorder)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘containing nerves’ and ‘relating to the nerves’): from Latin nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus ‘sinew’ (see nerve). nervous dates from the mid 18th century