Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hushaby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: husha-by
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

hush and be still; a lull to sleep

Archaic

noun

A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep.

verb

To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby".

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all."
"The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!"
"The moaning of their voices seemed to me to be like what is understood in Scotland by a "sugh," and might very well have passed for a hushaby, when the nurse had nearly succeeded in murmuring herself to sleep, as well as her infant."

Etymology

Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hush
Suffix: -a-

Usage

Inflected Forms

hush-a-bye (alternative) hushabies (plural) hushabies (present, singular) hushabying (participle, present) hushabied (participle, past) hushabied (past)

Questions

What does hushaby mean?: hush and be still; a lull to sleep
Where does hushaby come from?: Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).

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