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nervous

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of nervous

late 14^th century, "containing nerves; affecting the sinews"

from Latin nervosus "sinewy, vigorous," from nervus "sinew, nerve"
nervous used to mean "possessing or manifesting vigor of mind, characterized by force or strength"
Changed by the medical community in the 18^th century

nervous adjective

timid, aprehensive
easily excited or irritated, jumpy
tending to produce nervousness or agitation, uneasy
of, relating to, or composed of neurons
marked by strength of thought, feeling, or style: spirited

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A complete ☣ perversion of the original meaning. From "posessing vigor of mind" and "characterized by force or strength", to "timid, aprehensive, jumpy".

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⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense