See Also: hush-hush(2)(dictionary)
hush-hush(dictionary)
hush-hush(1)(dictionary)
hush(7)(dictionary)
hush(6)(dictionary)
hush(5)(dictionary)
hush(4)(dictionary)
hush(3)(dictionary)
hush(2)(dictionary)
hush(1)(dictionary)

hush-hush(1) (iou) and alfin (iou)


hush-hush(1) (iou)



hush-hush adjective. colloq. E20.
[from redupl. of HUSH interjection.]
(To be kept) highly secret.
A. S. Byatt I worked for British Intelligence, ... On some very hush-hush research.

alfin (iou)



alfin noun. Long obsolete exc. Hist. Also alphin. LME.
[Old French aufin, later also alphin (medieval Latin alphinus) from Spanish & Portuguese alfil from Arab. al-fil the elephant: see AL-2.]
A chess piece similar in function to the present-day bishop.