nesh

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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.

From Middle English neschen, from Old English hnesċan, hnesċian (“to make soft, soften; become soft, give way, waver”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to make soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old High German nascōn ("to nibble at, parasitise, squander"; > German naschen (“to nibble, pinch”)). Doublet of nosh.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: fredolic — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• French: frileux — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• German: kälteempfindlich — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Polish: wydygany — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Polish: cherlawy — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Portuguese: friorento — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Romanian: friguros — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Russian: не́жный (néžnyj) — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Scottish Gaelic: dis — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Spanish: friolento — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold
• Spanish: friolero — delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold