nerval

¹

[ nur-vuhl ]

adjective

1. neural.

Nerval

²

[ ner-val ]

noun

1. Gé·rard de [zhey-, rar, d, uh], Gérard Labrunie, 1808–55, French writer.

Nerval

/ nɛrval /

noun

1. NervalGérard de18081855MFrenchWRITING: poet Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808–55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerval¹

1630–40; < Late Latin nervālis of, belonging to nerves, equivalent to Latin nerv ( us ) nerve + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

One figure remains to be filled in, the most pathetic of all the Romantic band, Grard de Nerval.

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Here he became a friend of Grard de Nerval, who was of such influence on the later decadent school.

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She prepared dinner for them, and sent De Nerval for the girl, who had gone to ransack the peasant treasures in the garret.

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Even if Gerard de Nerval did walk the boulevards trolling a lobster by a blue ribbon—that is no reason for judging him crazy.

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He was born in 1808, the son of a Doctor Labrunie—the family name of de Nerval was only assumed by him when he began to write.

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