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† eˈnervous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. ēnerv-is (see prec.) + -ous.]
Bereft of nerve and strength; powerless, futile, spiritless. (Used several times by R. North.)
1677I. L. & S. D. Ded. to Cleveland's Poems A iiij b, We have only an enervous effeminate froth offered. a1734North Exam. i. iii. ⁋93 (1740) 188 After the Plot became enervous, and all farther Use of it was despaired of. |