nesh
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Is nesh a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends No
What is the meaning of nesh?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (now UK dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.Examples: "haue ye no merueylle sayd the good man therof / for hit semeth wel god loueth yow / for men maye vnderstande a stone is hard of kynde /[…]/ for thou wylt not leue thy synne for no goodnes that god hath sente the / therfor thou arte more than ony stone / and neuer woldest thow be maade neysshe nor by water nor by fyre"UKdialectal
2. (now UK dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.Examples: "And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was."; "No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides."UKdialectal
3. (now UK dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.UKdialectal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make soft, tender, or weak.transitive
2. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To act timidly.Northern-Englanddialectalintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary