nesh

British  

/ nɛʃ /

adjective

1. sensitive to the cold

2. timid or cowardly

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Etymology

Origin of nesh

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

Example Sentences

Sit you down here; the grass is well nigh dry by this time; and you're neither of you nesh* folk about taking cold.

From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

I think he'd favour poor Master Eddard if he didn't look so nesh.'

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

But I knew blind folks must not be nesh about using their tongues, so says I, 'Jem Wilson, is that you?'

From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Soft-sided, were silk but to press on her skin, it would cause it      to bleed, So delicate-bodied she is and so nesh, as forsooth      thou hast seen.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John

He said he could not speak out before the women folk, but he was noways nesh to pick his words onst he was outside.

From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary