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hist

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Wiktionary

  1. histnoun

    history, mainly used by schoolchildren.

  2. histinterjection

    A sibilant exclamation that one should be silent

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Histinterj.

    An exclamation commanding silence.

    Etymology: probably it may be a corruption of hush, hush it, husht, hist.

    Hist! Romeo, hist! O for a falc’ner’s voice,
    To lure this tassel gentle back again. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Jul.

    Mute silence hist along!
    ’Less Philomel will deign a song,
    In her sweetest saddest plight,
    Smoothing the rugged brow of night. John Milton.

    Hist, hist, says another that stood by, away, doctor; for here’s a whole pack of dismals coming. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hist

    hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence

  2. Etymology: [Cf. Dan. hys. . Cf. Hush, Whist.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hist

    hist, interj. demanding silence and attention: hush! silence!—v.t. to urge (a dog, &c.) by making the sound of this word. [Imit.]

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Anagrams for hist »

  1. shit

  2. sith

  3. this

  4. tish

  5. Tish

  6. hits

  7. tshi

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hist in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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