adj
nesh
Nesh (adj) means Soft, delicate, and easily affected.
adj
1
Soft, delicate, and easily affected.
2
(Informal) Easily affected by cold or harsh conditions; timid and weak.
""I wouldn't have locked up Noakes and stolen a car if I'd known you couldn't pick the lock!" "Aye, exactly, you're nesh, so you needed encouragement.""
— David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (2004)
"No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides."
— David Herbert Lawrence (1913)
3
(Of a material) soft and easily crumbled.
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Etymology
From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnesċe, hnysċe, næsċe (“soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack, negligent; effeminate, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Scots nesch, nesh (“soft, tender, yielding easily to pressure, sensitive”), Dutch nesch, nes (“wet, moist”), Gothic 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃 (hnasqus, “soft, tender, delicate”). Compare also nask, nasky, nasty.
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What is the meaning of nesh?
"nesh" (adj) means soft, delicate, and easily affected.
What are the different meanings of nesh?
"nesh" has 3 main meanings: 1. Soft, delicate, and easily affected; 2. (Informal) Easily affected by cold or harsh conditions; timid and weak; 3. (Of a material) soft and easily crumbled.
