nesh
- sensitive to the cold
- timid or cowardly
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Word Origin
from Old English hnesce; related to Gothic hnasqus tender, soft; of obscure origin
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Historical Examples
When he knew it wes Nesh, he got a fright himself end then frightened Herding into doing it.
Two KnapsacksJohn Campbell
Here are two words with very different titles and claims, nesh and hyppish.
Society for Pure English, Tract 3 (1920)Society for Pure English
Neshamah, nesh′a-m, n. the highest degree of the soul in the cabbalistic system.
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
"They must be nesh folks as is put out with the singing o' birds," replied Emanuel, rather affronted.
The Grey Woman and other TalesMrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
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.
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