susurrousadj.
rare.
Of the nature of a whisper; characterized by, or full of, whispering.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective] > whispering sound
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susurrous1860
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1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xiii. 247 There were eyes peering through, and a gentle, susurrous whispering.
1865 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Susurrous.., whispering;..full of whispering sounds.
1946 M. Peake Titus Groan lxiv. 388 The long corridors were susurrous with rumour.
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