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• nerval
  nerval

  adjective

  neural.
• Nerval
  Nerval

  noun

  Gérard de Gérard Labrunie, 1808–55, French writer.

nerval

¹ American  

[nur-vuhl] / ˈnɜr vəl /

adjective

1. neural.

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Nerval ² American  

[ner-val] / nɛrˈval /

noun

1. Gérard de Gérard Labrunie, 1808–55, French writer.

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Nerval British  

/ nɛrval /

noun

1. 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)

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Etymology

Origin of nerval

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