NISUS


Meaning of NISUS in English

/nuy"seuhs/ , n. , pl. nisus .

an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.

[ 1690-1700; nisus act of planting the feet, effort, equiv. to nit ( i ) to support or exert oneself + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .