Hushable
/ˈhʌʃ.ə.bəl/noun
Capable of being hushed or made quiet.
Did you know?It’s built from the old hush-root of imitative silence, the same sound-symbolic base that gave English hush, a rare case where a word’s power comes from a whisper, not a meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
English
hyscian
“to hush, silence, or make quiet”
Middle English
English
hushen
“to make quiet; to keep silent”
16th–17th Century
English
hush
“silence; to quiet or cause to be silent”
19th Century
English
hushable
“capable of being hushed or quieted”
Modern English
English
hushable
“capable of being made quiet or silenced”