Lexicon: neighborhood – nervous

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neighborhood (-s), n. [see neighbor, n. + hood, n.]

  1. Assembly; gathering; congregation; group of people living near each other.
  2. Vicinity; small populated area.
  3. Familiar part of town; place where people live; [fig.] mortality; life on earth.

neighborhood (-s), n. [see neighbor, n. + hood, n.]

  1. Assembly; gathering; congregation; group of people living near each other.
  2. Vicinity; small populated area.
  3. Familiar part of town; place where people live; [fig.] mortality; life on earth.

neighboring, adj. [see neighbor, n.]

Adjacent; nearby; close at hand.

neighboring, adj. [see neighbor, n.]

Adjacent; nearby; close at hand.

neighborly, adj. [see neighbor, n.]

Cordial; amiable; kind; friendly; [fig.] present; nearby; close at hand; in the vicinity.

neighborly, adj. [see neighbor, n.]

Cordial; amiable; kind; friendly; [fig.] present; nearby; close at hand; in the vicinity.

nerve (-s), n. [L. nerv-us, sinew, tendon, bow-string.] (webplay: brain, motion, sense, strength).

  1. Fortitude; firmness of mind; courage.
  2. Sinew; tendon.
  3. Strength; force; authority.
  4. Bundle of fibers that convey impulses and sensations between the brain and the rest of the body; [fig.] capacity for feeling.
  5. [Fig.] Agony; painful sensations.

nerve (-s), n. [L. nerv-us, sinew, tendon, bow-string.] (webplay: brain, motion, sense, strength).

  1. Fortitude; firmness of mind; courage.
  2. Sinew; tendon.
  3. Strength; force; authority.
  4. Bundle of fibers that convey impulses and sensations between the brain and the rest of the body; [fig.] capacity for feeling.
  5. [Fig.] Agony; painful sensations.

nervous, adj. [L. 'sinewy, vigorous'; see nerve, n.]

Seated in or affecting the nerves.

nervous, adj. [L. 'sinewy, vigorous'; see nerve, n.]

Seated in or affecting the nerves.