Dictionary

whisht en · INTJ

Etymology

From Middle English qwyst, whisht, whist, imitative, though perhaps influenced by other verbs in wh- used in the imperative or by hust (adjective).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, UK, especially) Shush, silence, be quiet!
   • “You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]” 1952, Neville Shute, chapter 9, in The Far Country, London: Heinemann:
   • [O]h! how he did bellow, an' how he did squeal. "Whisht, alanna," sed Judy, "there's no fear o' yer; shure it's only ovir the stone bridge we're goin'." 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 526:
2. A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

Forms

Deriveds

whishtly

Relateds

wisht

Translations (2)

fi hys (shush, silence, be quiet) · gd ist (shush, silence, be quiet)