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hist
1[ st, sst; spelling pronunciation hist ]
interjection
- (a sibilant exclamation used to attract attention or urge silence).
hist-
2- variant of histo- before a vowel:
histidine.
hist.
3abbreviation for
- histology.
- historian.
- historical.
- history.
hist
/ hɪst /
interjection
- an exclamation used to attract attention or as a warning to be silent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hist1
First recorded in 1595–1605; representing in writing the sound sequence st
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Example Sentences
For examples of walls or ceilings being painted with various subjects, see Warton's Hist.
From Project Gutenberg
For full bibliography (to 1904) see Ulysse Chevalier, Rpertoire des sources hist.
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For a comprehensive bibliography, including monographs and published documents, see Ulysse Chevalier, Rpertoire des sources hist.
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It really appears as if this wrong translation arose solely through Aristotle; for, as is clear from his Hist.
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If Hist was not satisfied with this explanation, she did not deem the point of sufficient importance to be pressed.
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