Dictionary entry

Whist (5)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Whist, a. [Properly p. p. of whist, v.] Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet. “So whist and dead a silence.” Sir J. Harrington.

The winds, with wonder whist,

Smoothly the waters kissed. Milton.

☞ This adjective generally follows its noun, or is used predicatively.