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whistness¹

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From whist + -ness.

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable Silence. Who dares cumber / This universall whistnesse; where none come, / But taciturnity, and silence dumbe?

    Similar: hush, roo, soundlessness, black noise, crickets, noiselessness, quiet, quietness, silence, stillness, whistness

whistness²

noun

  1. Devon, obsolete, uncountable Witchcraft; supernatural dealings. [O]thers fancied — the natives notably — that there was some "whistness," or witchcraft, in the business; it might be, as they thought, the work of Dick Down, the old huntsman who was eaten by the Hayne hounds, and whose ghost was known to haunt the covers round the park.

    Similar: sorcery, witchery, wizardry, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts, diablerie, druidcraft

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@misc{whistness_2026,
  title = {whistness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whistness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}