† eˈnervous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. ēnerv-is (see prec.) + -ous.]
Bereft of nerve and strength; powerless, futile, spiritless. (Used several times by R. North.)
| 1677 I. L. & S. D. Ded. to Cleveland's Poems A iiij b, We have only an enervous effeminate froth offered. a 1734 North Exam. i. iii. ¶93 (1740) 188 After the Plot became enervous, and all farther Use of it was despaired of. |