Meanings
verbforhush (third-person singular simple present forhushes, present participle forhushing, simple past and past participle forhushed)
present singular third person forhushes · participle present forhushing · participle past forhushed · past forhushed
- obsoletetransitiveTo deride.
Origin
- Old Englishhysċan“to jeer at, reproach; rail; revile”
- Middle Englishforhuschen
- Englishforhush
From Middle English forhuschen, equivalent to for- + Old English hysċan (“to jeer at, reproach; rail; revile”).
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forhush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhush
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forhush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhush.
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