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Definition of Shtum
1. quiet [adj] - See also: quiet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shtum
Literary usage of Shtum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... (oon'-gê-shtum) Ger. adj. and adv. 2. Impetuously; vehemently; boisterously.
1. Impetuous; vehement; boisterous. ungezwungen ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"... last night he has been given, as sole restorative, sips of milk and water—"
For indeed, your honour, he has what I might call an exhausted shtum- mick. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French ...by Theodore Baker by Theodore Baker (1895)
"... like sharp j / before t and /, beginning a word, usually like sh (eg stumm, pron.
shtum [« as in bull]) ; otherwise as in English. w " v (but softer, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Patrick Dow (1814)
"The evidence have suffered showed that they could not have been so enjoyed; and
shTuM *™\>* a majority of ..."
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