Nesh
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Etymology
From , cognate with Dutch and Gothic (OED).
Adjective
- soft, delicate.
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 4
- And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 4
- Averse to cold weather; of persons sensitive to the cold.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Chapter 8
- No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Chapter 8
Usage notes
This word is a fairly widespread dialect term, occuring in the English North West Midlands, the East Midlands, the North West, Yorkshire and some parts of London.