Monday, 6 November 2017

"Nesh"

"Nesh" was often used by my great-grandfather as a kind of insult, particularly if you were complaining about how cold the weather was;  it meant "weak" or "fragile".

I believe "nesh" is an old English word ("hnesce") which had the same origin as the Dutch word "nes" meaning "soft" or even "foolish".

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