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sesh | nesh |

As a noun sesh

is (colloquial) a period of time spent engaged in some group activity.

As an adjective nesh is

soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.

As a verb nesh is

to make soft, tender, or weak.

sesh

English

Noun

(seshes)
  • (colloquial) A period of time spent engaged in some group activity.
  • (colloquial) An informal social get-together or meeting to perform a group activity.
  • A period of sustained social drinking.
  • A period of sustained cannabis smoking.

    • Quotations

    Meaning 1: :* July 18, 1987 , Financial Times , page 6, :: "'We're not going to win a prize for graphics,' said Syd Silverman in a sesh this week." :* 2005 , Bruce Pegg, Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry , Routledge, page 51, :: "There's no opportunity either to take rhythm & blues or leave it alone at this sesh at the Apollo." Meaning 2: :* E.g., snowboarding: "Then it was on to the wallride for a sesh where numerous tricks were thrown down." April 11, 2007, Dave Driscoll, Transworld Snowboarding Magazine . : Examples of usage in Usenet groups: :* Playing video games together: "Halo sesh " (2002) :* Surfing: "Went out for a quick sesh today in Huntington. Wore my spring suit." (2003) Meaning 3: :* 1944 , George Netherwood, Desert Squadron , Cairo, R. Schindler, page 119, :: "Empty lager bottles signified that Hans and Fritz also knew the joys of a desert sesh ." :* 1999 , Ian Rankin, Black and Blue , St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312966776, page 39, :: "Impulse buys one Saturday afternoon, after a lunchtime sesh in the Ox…"

    References

    * , Second Edition, Addition Series 1993 * The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Vol. II , 2005, and Dalzell Victor Eds, Published by Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 041525938X, page 1699 * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang , 2006, Jonathon Green, Published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., ISBN: 0304366366, page 1252 * The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang , Tony Thorne, 1990, Published by Pantheon Books, ISBN 0679737065, page 448.

    Anagrams

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    nesh

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nesh, nesch, nesche, from (etyl) hnesce, hnysce, . Compare also (l), (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    *nish (Newfoundland English)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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 by water nor by fyre
  • Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
  • *1887 , (Thomas Hardy), (The Woodlanders) , :
  • *:And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.
  • *1913 , , (Sons and Lovers) , :
  • *:No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.
  • Soft; friable; crumbly.
    • Usage notes
    * This is a fairly widespread dialect term throughout Northern England and the Midlands.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) neschen, from (etyl) hnescan, .

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make soft, tender, or weak.
  • To act timidly.

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