nesh

/ (nɛʃ) /

adjective dialect

sensitive to the cold

timid or cowardly

Nearby words

nervus, nervy, nesbit, nescience, nescient, nesh, nesosilicate, ness, ness, loch, nesselrode, nesselrode, karl robert, count

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

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.