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‖ susurrus|s(j)uːˈsʌrəs|
[L., = humming, muttering, whispering.]
A low soft sound as of whispering or muttering; a whisper; a rustling.
1826Blackw. Mag. XX. 146/2 Through the..range of laughter, from faint susurrus to indomitable guffaw. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. Introd. Addr. ⁋15 The first thing which alarmed me was a rumour in the village... I was..rather alarmed at this susurrus. 1832–4De Quincey Cæsars Wks. 1862 IX. 6 A brief uproar..too feeble..to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune. 1847Longfellow Ev. ii. iv. 105 The chant of their vespers, Mingling its notes with the soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. 1866Howells Venet. Life xvi. 242 The procession makes a soft susurrus. 1887Besant Kath. Regina 27 In most assemblies of girls there will be heard a susurrus of universal chatter. |