brooln.
/bruːl/ A low deep humming sound; a murmur. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound
murmuringc1385
murmur?a1425
murmell1535
babblea1592
muttering1613
huma1616
mussitation1649
simmering1689
croon1725
babbling1736
brool1837
brooling1837
brum1842
babblement1860
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ii. 231 List to the brool of that royal forest-voice.
1879 Spectator 29 Nov. 1507 What the meaning of that multitudinous brool will be.
1884 Spectator 16 Feb. 213/1 A man who could represent the ruling opinion of the hour with a brool as loud as its own.
Derivatives
ˈbrooling n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound
murmuringc1385
murmur?a1425
murmell1535
babblea1592
muttering1613
huma1616
mussitation1649
simmering1689
croon1725
babbling1736
brool1837
brooling1837
brum1842
babblement1860
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. iv. 229 The People also is calm;..With but a few broolings.
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