† unnervateadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, nerve n., -ate suffix².

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + nerve n. + -ate suffix². Compare later nervate adj.With the use in quot. 1725 compare Scaliger Poetices (1561) 215 Multo leuiore sono, abiectioribus, laxioribusque numeris ita reddidit, ‘He rendered them thus with a much smoother sound, and with more commonplace and slacker verses’.

Obsolete.

Nerveless, feeble.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

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1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. Observ. 107 Scaliger calls them fine and lively in Musæus, but abject, unnervate, and unharmonious in Homer.

1796 G. M. Woodward Familiar Verses 6 Shalt thou dare, with weak unnervate arm, To bind Will Shakspeare with a cobweb charm?

1865 C. Boner Transylvania xvii. 272 No matter what we are spendthrift of, our revenues, our bodily vigour, or the vigour of our fields; eventually the result will always be unnervate exhaustion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	unnervate
释义	† unnervateadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, nerve n., -ate suffix². Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + nerve n. + -ate suffix². Compare later nervate adj.With the use in quot. 1725 compare Scaliger Poetices (1561) 215 Multo leuiore sono, abiectioribus, laxioribusque numeris ita reddidit, ‘He rendered them thus with a much smoother sound, and with more commonplace and slacker verses’. Obsolete. Nerveless, feeble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. Observ. 107 Scaliger calls them fine and lively in Musæus, but abject, unnervate, and unharmonious in Homer. 1796 G. M. Woodward Familiar Verses 6 Shalt thou dare, with weak unnervate arm, To bind Will Shakspeare with a cobweb charm? 1865 C. Boner Transylvania xvii. 272 No matter what we are spendthrift of, our revenues, our bodily vigour, or the vigour of our fields; eventually the result will always be unnervate exhaustion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1725
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