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neshest

neshest is the superlative form of nesh.

Meaning of nesh

Adjective

nesh (comparative nesher, superlative neshest)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
    • 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...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XX, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII
  2. (UK, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
    • And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “Chapter 4”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  3. (UK, dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.

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Questions about neshest

What is neshest the superlative form of?
Neshest is the superlative form of nesh.

Words near neshest in the dictionary

  1. neshened
  2. neshening
  3. neshens
  4. nesher
  5. neshes
  6. neshest
  7. neshing
  8. Neshki
  9. neshly
  10. Neshnabé
  11. Neshnabémwen

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