nesh

adjective dialect

sensitive to the cold

timid or cowardly

Word Origin for nesh

from Old English hnesce; related to Gothic hnasqus tender, soft; of obscure origin

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Examples from the Web for nesh

Neshamah, nesh′a-m, n. the highest degree of the soul in the cabbalistic system.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
When he knew it wes Nesh, he got a fright himself end then frightened Herding into doing it.
Two Knapsacks|John Campbell
Nesh mest hev known him before; he would never trest a stranger so.
Two Knapsacks|John Campbell
"They must be nesh folks as is put out with the singing o' birds," replied Emanuel, rather affronted.
The Grey Woman and other Tales|Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell

I think he'd favour poor Master Eddard if he didn't look so nesh.'
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge

Word Origin and History for nesh

adj.

"tender, delicate, weak," now a Northern England dialect word, from Old English hnesce "soft in texture" (cognate with early modern Dutch nesch, Gothic hnasqus), of unknown origin.