nerveless
adj/ˈnɜː(ɹ)vləs/
Etymology From nerve + -less.
1
Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
2
Biology, Natural sciences Lacking a nervous system.
3
Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.
- Little Sea and Desire, blessed, nerveless savages, were sound asleep.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 120:
- 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.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:
- Derived terms
- nervelessly, nervelessness