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whistEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).
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From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WhistEnglish · e-38700-9349
Whist, hwist, adj. hushed: silent.—v.i. to become silent.—v.t. (Spens.) to hush or silence.—interj. hush! silence! be still! [Akin to hist!]
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Whist, hwist, n. a well-known game at cards, played with the whole pack, by two against two.—ns. Whist′-play, play in the game of whist; Whist′-play′er.—Dummy whist (see Dummy); Five point Whist, whist played without cou
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