névrosé

neurotic

adjective neh-vroh-ZEH Rare

Origin: French névrose (neurosis) + -é

Usage Note

Névrosé can function as both adjective and noun in French: il est névrosé (he is neurotic) or un névrosé (a neurotic). It derives from névrose (neurosis). In informal speech it is often used hyperbolically for someone anxious or obsessive, without clinical precision. The feminine form is névrosée.

Examples

"Ce personnage névrosé obsède les lecteurs depuis des décennies."

Natural Translation

This neurotic character has obsessed readers for decades.

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