nervous-Nellie

== English == === Alternative forms === nervous-nellie, Nervous-Nellie, nervous-nelly, nervous-Nelly, Nervous-Nelly === Adjective === nervous-Nellie (not comparable) (informal) Characterized by worry or anxiety; having a weak, insecure personality. 1993, David Ansen, "Goodbye, Mr. Gibson (film review of The Man Without a Face)," Newsweek,, 30 Aug, Woody Allen plays his most frazzled variation on the Woody we know best: a nervous-Nellie urban neurotic kvetching his way through life as a means of avoiding it. ==== Related terms ==== nervous Nellie (noun)