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nervosity

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ner⋅vos⋅i⋅ty

  [nur-vos-i-tee]
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–noun
the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
Origin:
1605–15 in sense “strength”; nerv(ous) + -osity; cf. L nervōsitās strength
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ner·vos·i·ty   (nûr-vŏs'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The quality or state of being nervous.

[Latin nervōsitās, sinewy strength, from nervōsus, sinewy; see nervous.]
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