nerue

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noun

Early Modern English spelling of nerve

OriginMiddle English nerve ← Medieval Latin nervus ← Latin nervus →
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Meanings

nounnerue (plural nerues)

plural nerues

  1. archaicobsoleteEarly Modern English spelling of nerve

    My fate cries out, And makes each petty Artire in this body, As hardy as the Nemian Lions nerue: Still am I cal'd? Vnhand me Gentlemen: By Heau'n, Ile make a Ghost of him that lets me: I say away, goe on, Ile follow thee.

    c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83

Origin

  1. Latinnervus“sinew”
  2. Medieval Latinnervus“nerve”
  3. Middle Englishnerve
  4. Englishnerue

Recorded since circa [1374] as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

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APA

nerue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerue

MLA

“nerue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nerue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerue.

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