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

Also needly, the veins are more tender and nesh in kind than sinews.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

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

Now, I’m not above being nesh for other folks myself. 

From A House to Let by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

They a bit nesh, you know,' he concluded to me.

From England, My England by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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