Nesh is a dialectal term in England that means “soft” or “tender.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Nesh”
I learned a word that was new to me thanks to an email from Ronnie Crowley, who wrote to us about the word nesh. Do you know this word? N-E-S-H, Grant?
No, I don’t know that one.
Yeah, Ronnie grew up in Manchester, England, and apparently it’s a dialectal term that means soft or juicy or tender or delicate or retiring or timid, like you might talk about nesh grass in the spring. Isn’t that a lovely word? Very good. Oh, yes, that’s very lovely. I like that quite a bit.
Yeah, the etymology is murky, but it goes all the way back to Old English. It’s a really, really old word. Oh, very good. Obviously very useful. Nice to have that one. Put that in my… in my quiver.
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