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hist

Shakespearean Definition:

Interjection - used to attract attention or call someone to listen

Frequency: 2

Here are all of the speeches where hist shows up across the corpus:

Romeo and Juliet


Hist , Romeo , hist ! O , for a falc’ner’s voice
To lure this tassel-gentle back again !
Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud ,
Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies
And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine
With repetition of My Romeo !