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      nervier
      adjective
      offensively bold
      showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger
      being in a tense state
      Roots
      nervusnerv- · Latin · sinew, nervey-i · Old English · characterized byra-er · Old English · comparative (more)
      Words related to nervier
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      The word nervier breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Old English origin: nerv, from Latin nervus (“sinew, nerve”); -i, from Old English y (“characterized by”); and -er, from Old English ra (“comparative (more)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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