Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The charaeter of being nesh; softness; tenderness; weakness or delicacy of constitution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK (dialect) The condition of being
nesh .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word neshness.
Examples
-
In speaking of the properties of lead, the old English Bartholomew says: "Of uncleanness of impure brimstone, lead hath a manner of neshness, and smircheth his hand who toucheth it ... a man may wipe off the uncleanness, but always it is lead, although it seemeth silver."
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
-
Aristotle saith that of brimstone that is boisterous and not swiftly pured, but troublous and thick, and of quicksilver, the substance of lead is gendered, and is gendered in mineral places; so of uncleanness of impure brimstone lead hath a manner of neshness, and smircheth his hand that toucheth it.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
-
“I don’t know for certain; but I should be inclined to think it was from general neshness of constitution.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.