murmuredadj.

Brit.

/ˈməːməd/, U.S.

/ˈmərmərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murmur v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < murmur v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Faintly uttered; spoken in a hushed or indistinct voice.

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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling > mumbled

undistinct1495

mumbled?1542

murmured1584

demurmuratory1617

muttered1626

broken-winded1627

1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 189 Their superstition is heere condemned, which thinke they pleasure God and doe him seruice with their longe murmured praiers.

1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. ii. sig. B8 The murmur'd whisperings of those that pray From the Gods Temples.

1754 C. Lennox Shakespear Illustr. III. 57 Unmoved with the murmured Praises she heard around her.

1800 T. Campbell Name Unknown 26 Thy murmured vows shall yet be mine.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 309 Henry Smith stepped forward, amidst the murmured applauses of his fellow-citizens.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vii. xviii. 86 And with him sweet Euphrosynè, attent Upon his murmured wants.

1916 E. H. Porter Just David i. 3 From one of the bunks came a slight stir and a murmured word. At the sound the boy..leaped softly into the room.

1986 L. Garfield December Rose xvii. 117 He made his way to a coffee stall near Broken Wharf, where he had a cup of coffee and a few murmured words with a surprising individual.

2. Phonetics. Designating a weakly articulated speech sound. murmured vowel n. = murmur vowel n. at murmur n. Compounds; (also) a vowel sound uttered with slow vibration of free vocal cords.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > types of

naso-vocal1669

sheva1818

union vowel1821

shut sound1841

cardinal vowel1851

u-sound1852

neutral vowel1868

O1869

wide1870

vincular1871

indeterminate vowel1873

u-vowel1886

orinasal1887

pharyngal1887

glide-vowel1888

schwa1895

murmur vowel1910

murmured vowel1933

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vi. 102 Some languages..distinguish different voice-qualities, such as muffled vowels, murmured vowels, with slow vibration of the vocal chords, or whispered vowels.

1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. ii. 26 It is highly questionable whether there are languages in which..there actually is a..distinctive opposition of voiced and murmured vowels.

1966 M. Pei Gloss. Ling. Terminol. at Murmur Vowels of weakly stressed syllables are sometimes murmured (reduced vowels), and they tend to lose their identity, contrary to fully voiced and whispered vowels.

1986 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 31 233 Since [H] is..a fully voiced laryngeal continuant in contrast to..murmured continuant [ʎ], this is not an abstract solution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murmured
释义	murmuredadj. Brit. /ˈməːməd/, U.S. /ˈmərmərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murmur v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < murmur v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Faintly uttered; spoken in a hushed or indistinct voice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling > mumbled undistinct1495 mumbled?1542 murmured1584 demurmuratory1617 muttered1626 broken-winded1627 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 189 Their superstition is heere condemned, which thinke they pleasure God and doe him seruice with their longe murmured praiers. 1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. ii. sig. B8 The murmur'd whisperings of those that pray From the Gods Temples. 1754 C. Lennox Shakespear Illustr. III. 57 Unmoved with the murmured Praises she heard around her. 1800 T. Campbell Name Unknown 26 Thy murmured vows shall yet be mine. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 309 Henry Smith stepped forward, amidst the murmured applauses of his fellow-citizens. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vii. xviii. 86 And with him sweet Euphrosynè, attent Upon his murmured wants. 1916 E. H. Porter Just David i. 3 From one of the bunks came a slight stir and a murmured word. At the sound the boy..leaped softly into the room. 1986 L. Garfield December Rose xvii. 117 He made his way to a coffee stall near Broken Wharf, where he had a cup of coffee and a few murmured words with a surprising individual. 2. Phonetics. Designating a weakly articulated speech sound. murmured vowel n. = murmur vowel n. at murmur n. Compounds; (also) a vowel sound uttered with slow vibration of free vocal cords. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > types of naso-vocal1669 sheva1818 union vowel1821 shut sound1841 cardinal vowel1851 u-sound1852 neutral vowel1868 O1869 wide1870 vincular1871 indeterminate vowel1873 u-vowel1886 orinasal1887 pharyngal1887 glide-vowel1888 schwa1895 murmur vowel1910 murmured vowel1933 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vi. 102 Some languages..distinguish different voice-qualities, such as muffled vowels, murmured vowels, with slow vibration of the vocal chords, or whispered vowels. 1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. ii. 26 It is highly questionable whether there are languages in which..there actually is a..distinctive opposition of voiced and murmured vowels. 1966 M. Pei Gloss. Ling. Terminol. at Murmur Vowels of weakly stressed syllables are sometimes murmured (reduced vowels), and they tend to lose their identity, contrary to fully voiced and whispered vowels. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 31 233 Since [H] is..a fully voiced laryngeal continuant in contrast to..murmured continuant [ʎ], this is not an abstract solution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1584
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