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nesh

Meaningsoft, tender

Common meaning: soft, weak (dialect)

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhnesc‘hnesc, soft’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishneshsource
  3. Englishnesh‘soft, weak (dialect)’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English hnesc ‘soft, tender’.

Roots

  • hnesc Old English “soft, tender”

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