Definition of Shtum

1. Adjective. Silent; speechless; dumb. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shtum

1. quiet [adj] - See also: quiet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shtum

shtickl
shticks
shticky
shtik
shtikl
shtiks
shtook
shtooks
shtoom
shtreimel
shtreimels
shtuck
shtucks
shtuka
shtukas
shtum (current term)
shtumed
shtuming
shtumm
shtums
shtupped
shtupping
shtups
shu'
shuangfengite
shubnikovite
shubunkin
shuck
shuck and jive

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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