whisperous

adj

Etymology

From whisper + -ous.

  1. derived from *ḱweys-
  2. inherited from *hwisprōną
  3. inherited from *hwisprōn
  4. inherited from hwisprian
  5. inherited from whisperen
  6. suffixed as whisperous — “whisper + ous

Definitions

  1. whispery

    • In his apartment the doctor, conscious of his whisperous breathing, placed the letter on the kitchen table and sat looking at it, waiting for a tea kettle of water to boil.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whisperous. 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