hushed
adjective
[ hʌʃt ]
• (of a place) very quiet and still.
• "he addressed the hushed courtroom"
hush
verb
• make (someone) be quiet or stop talking.
• "he placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her"
Origin:
mid 16th century: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’.
