neurose

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) +‎ -ose. Doublet of nervose and nervous.

• enPR: n(y)o͝o′rōs
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʊ̯s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊ̯s/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʉ̯s/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹɐʉ̯s/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʉ.ɹos/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɾoːs/
• Rhymes: -ʊɹəʊs
• Hyphenation: neu‧rose

neurose (comparative more neurose, superlative most neurose)

1. (botany) Nerved.
2. (entomology) Having many nervures or veins.

neurose (plural neuroses)

1. Neurosis.

• nervure
• necrose, neurone

• “neurose, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “neurose”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “neurose, adj.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3978.

• “neurose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Nuorese, Ourense

• Rhymes: -ɔzi
• Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧se

neurose f (plural neuroses)

1. (pathology) neurosis (mental disorder)

• neurónio