This week’s theme
Skunk words (words to avoid)

This week’s words
reflexive
nervy
mathematical
moot
mosey

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(NUHR-vee)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Nervous or anxious.
2. Brash.
3. Bold.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nervus (nerve). Earliest documented use: 1598.

USAGE:

“[The undercover cop Lachlan McCulloch] had the nervy alertness that shrinks call hypervigilance. He says: ‘I felt like a zebra walking into a lion’s den, having to convince the lion I wasn’t a zebra at all.’”
Andrew Rule; I Lost Me; Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia); Apr 16, 2023.

“Someone nervy enough to tackle Stanley on his home turf.”
Matt Wolf; Paul Mescal Electrifies in a Revelatory ‘Streetcar’; The New York Times; Jan 18, 2023.

See more usage examples of nervy in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: