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susurrus

noun
/ˈsuː.sə.ɹəs/UK/ˈsu.sə.ɹəs/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin susurrus (“a humming, whispering”); reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).

  1. derived from *swer-✻
  2. borrowed from susurrus

Definitions

  1. A whispering or rustling sound

    A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

    • [Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was] pelted with buckets of water by firemen, and, finally, currycombed and rubbed down by two grooms, keeping a sharp susurrus between them, so as to soothe his wounded feelings; […]
    • The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
    • They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for susurrus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA