Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Fy on you, fiend! Hist!

Fy \Fy\, interj. [See {Fie}, interj.]
A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation,
abhorrence, or contempt. See {Fie}.

hist, interj
  1. (dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
  2. (dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.   quotations
    • 1827, James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie, Chapter XI,
      "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?,
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 99,
      There’s a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist—hark! By Jove, I have it!
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