hist — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").

intj

1

An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

2

An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.

"My worthy Nelly! I am greatly rejoiced to find it is no other than thee. Hist! child, hist! Should Ishmael gain a knowledge of our plans, he would not hesitate to cast us both from this rock, upon the plain beneath. Hist! Nelly, hist!"

1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Scenes from "Politian", 2009 [1902], Charles F. Richardson (editor), The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 1: Poems, page 87, Hist! hist! thou canst not say / Thou hearest not now Baldazzar?,

noun

1

An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.

'A tinker!' repeated Sir Hugh, quite loud, in defiance of the signs and hists! hists! of Camilla, 'good lack! that's a person I should never have thought of!'

Collocations

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ADJ.

eerie, faint, other

A faint hist of wind echoed through the abandoned hallway.

VERB + HIST

bit, wait

Wait a bit, hist, and let me finish this story properly.

HIST + NOUN

canst, child, hark, ishmael, jove, thou

Hist, child, come here quickly and listen to what I have to tell you.

PREP.

than

His performance was better than ever before in the competition.

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Example Bank

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"My worthy Nelly! I am greatly rejoiced to find it is no other than thee. Hist! child, hist! Should Ishmael gain a knowledge of our plans, he would not hesitate to cast us both from this rock, upon th

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1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Scenes from "Politian", 2009 [1902], Charles F. Richardson (editor), The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 1: Poems, page 87, Hist! hist! thou canst not say / Thou heare

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There’s a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist—hark! By Jove, I have it!

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'A tinker!' repeated Sir Hugh, quite loud, in defiance of the signs and hists! hists! of Camilla, 'good lack! that's a person I should never have thought of!'

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1952, R. A. Atkinson, Uncle Aaron Peddles a Possum, 2010 [1976], J. Mason Brewer (editor), Dog Ghosts and The Word on the Brazos (Combined edition), page 30, When he spy de train a-comin' 'roun' de cu

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Yet hist! faint eerie tones are sometimes heard — which blanch the cheek and palsy all the limbs — like to the moaning of departed souls!

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Usage Notes

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