different between nerveless vs nervation

English

Etymology

From nerve +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??(?)vl?s/

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.

Derived terms

• nervelessness

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”), perhaps via French nervation.

Noun

nervation (plural nervations)

1. A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.

   His parchment skin eerily displayed a blood-red nervation.

Synonyms

• venation

Related terms

• nerved
• nerveless
• nervure

Translations

Anagrams

• vernation

French

Etymology

From nerver (“to fit with nerves”), from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nervation f (plural nervations)

1. nervation, pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf

Synonyms

• veinure

Related terms

• nerf m
• nerval (adjective)
• nervure
• nervurer

Further reading

• “nervation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).