hushabyint.v.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌʃəbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhəʃəˌbaɪ/

Etymology: < hush v.¹ or hush int. + by in by-by , bye-bye int.¹ and n.¹, child's name for ‘sleep’ or ‘bed’: compare also lullaby, rockaby.

dialect.

A. int. (or imperative of the verb)

Hush! and go to sleep; a word used in lulling a child.

ΚΠ

1796 Mother Goose's Melody 15 Hush-a-by baby On the tree top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Hushie-baw-Babbie, the cradle-song to babes.

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 66 ‘It is one constant hush, hushaby’, he said; ‘it would make one sleep pleasantly’.

B. v. transitive.

To lull to sleep with ‘hushaby’. Also, to speak softly (nonce-use).

ΚΠ

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. ix. 164 Hushabying a babby as wouldn't be hushabied.

1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 85 ‘Too good of you to come’ she hushabied.

C. adj.

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‘Tending to quiet or lull’ ( Eclectic Rev. cited in Worcester 1846).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hushaby
释义	hushabyint.v.adj. Brit. /ˈhʌʃəbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈhəʃəˌbaɪ/ Etymology: < hush v.¹ or hush int. + by in by-by , bye-bye int.¹ and n.¹, child's name for ‘sleep’ or ‘bed’: compare also lullaby, rockaby. dialect. A. int. (or imperative of the verb) Hush! and go to sleep; a word used in lulling a child. ΚΠ 1796 Mother Goose's Melody 15 Hush-a-by baby On the tree top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Hushie-baw-Babbie, the cradle-song to babes. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 66 ‘It is one constant hush, hushaby’, he said; ‘it would make one sleep pleasantly’. B. v. transitive. To lull to sleep with ‘hushaby’. Also, to speak softly (nonce-use). ΚΠ 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. ix. 164 Hushabying a babby as wouldn't be hushabied. 1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 85 ‘Too good of you to come’ she hushabied. C. adj. Categories » ‘Tending to quiet or lull’ ( Eclectic Rev. cited in Worcester 1846). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.v.adj.1796
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