Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See round.
  • See round.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obs. To whisper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete to whisper
  • noun obsolete a secret or mystery
  • noun obsolete writing
  • noun obsolete rumour, speech, advice
  • noun obsolete a whisper

Etymologies

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From Old English rūnian.

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From Middle English, from Old English rūn. More at round.

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  • A whisper, or to whisper.

    "Another rouned to his fellow low."

    --Chaucer

    An obsolete word, replaced by "whisper." Why do words fall out of favor? In this case, maybe because "whisper," with its S sound, actually sounds more like a whisper.

    I remember a game we used to play as kids: tell a friend you have a secret and then just make a pssst pssst sound in his or her ear, making the friend giggle and driving the other kids crazy. ("What is it? What is it?")

    December 8, 2008