whishtとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English qwyst, whisht, whist, imitative, though perhaps influenced by other verbs in wh- used in the imperative or by hust (adjective).^[1]

間投詞

whisht

1. (Ireland; Britain, especially Scotland, Northumbria) Shush, silence, be quiet!
   • 1952, Neville Shute, The Far Country, London: Heinemann, Chapter Nine,^[1]

     “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 […] ”

2. A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

参考

• wisht

参照

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN