Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal)Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.

  2. (UK, dialectal)Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.

    kälteempfindlich

    не́жныйnéžnyj

  3. (UK, dialectal)Soft; friable; crumbly.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold:

Origin

From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnesċe, hnysċe, næsċe (“soft, te

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”).

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Forms

nesher, neshest
Comparativenesher Lesson
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Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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