nerveless

English

Etymology

From nerve +‎ -less.

Adjective

nerveless (comparative more nerveless, superlative most nerveless)

1. Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
2. (biology) Lacking a nervous system.
3. Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 120):

     Little Sea and Desire, blessed, nerveless savages, were sound asleep.

   • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.

Derived terms

• nervelessness