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Vinony

nerveless

adjective

  1. weak, incapable of effort, lacking courage/resolve
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnɜː(ɹ)vləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English nerve Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English nerveless From nerve + -less.

  1. Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
  2. Lacking a nervous system.
  3. Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.

    “Little Sea and Desire, blessed, nerveless savages, were sound asleep.”

    “There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.”