nesh

/ (nɛʃ) /

adjective dialect

sensitive to the cold

timid or cowardly

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Word Origin for nesh

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

Words nearby nesh

nervure, nervus, nervy, nesbit, nescience, nesh, nesosilicate, ness, nesselrode, nessie, nessler's reagent

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Example sentences 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

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