hushedadj.

/hʌʃt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s hush'd. See also husht n.

Etymology: Historically a continuation of the earlier adjective husht n., but treated as the past participle of hush v.¹, after the appearance of the latter.

Reduced to silence; silenced, stilled, quieted.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent > made or become silent

stillc1485

hushed1602

stilled1614

muted1860

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C^v Vouchsafe me then your hush't obseruances.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 10 No more; but husht'd as midnight silence go.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 8. ⁋7 The Air was hushed, the Multitude attentive.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vii. 183 No brethren of Saint Dominic inhabit the hushed and empty cells.

1898 Daily News 8 Mar. 3/6 All spoke in hushed whispers.

Derivatives

hushedly adv.

/ˈhʌʃɪdlɪ/ in a hushed manner.

1851 G. Meredith Song in Poems Hushedly, mournfully, mistily up to the shore.

1892 R. Le Gallienne Love's Worship In morning meadows I have knelt to thee, In noontide woodlands hearkened hushedly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hushed
释义	hushedadj. /hʌʃt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s hush'd. See also husht n. Etymology: Historically a continuation of the earlier adjective husht n., but treated as the past participle of hush v.¹, after the appearance of the latter. Reduced to silence; silenced, stilled, quieted. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent > made or become silent stillc1485 hushed1602 stilled1614 muted1860 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C^v Vouchsafe me then your hush't obseruances. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 10 No more; but husht'd as midnight silence go. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 8. ⁋7 The Air was hushed, the Multitude attentive. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) vii. 183 No brethren of Saint Dominic inhabit the hushed and empty cells. 1898 Daily News 8 Mar. 3/6 All spoke in hushed whispers. Derivatives hushedly adv. /ˈhʌʃɪdlɪ/ in a hushed manner. Π 1851 G. Meredith Song in Poems Hushedly, mournfully, mistily up to the shore. 1892 R. Le Gallienne Love's Worship In morning meadows I have knelt to thee, In noontide woodlands hearkened hushedly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1602
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