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Hist

noun
/hɪst/

Definitions

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

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

  2. An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

  3. 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?,
    • There’s a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist—hark! By Jove, I have it!
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    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!'

    2. Abbreviation of history.

    3. Pronunciation spelling of hoist.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA