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Oct 23, 2012
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Words like nervous, nervy and nervosity derive from the Latin nervosus, which means "sinewy." "Nervous," in English, once meant

"vigorous" or "spirited," but those denotations are considered archaic, and our sense of the terms now centers on excitability, unease and apprehension. I would vote for reviving the original or archaic meanings of nervy and ner…

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