Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of whispering into the ear; insinuation.

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

  • noun obsolete The act of whispering into something.

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  • noun obsolete The act of whispering into something. - Johnson
  • noun Speaking in a whisper about someone.

Etymologies

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Latin insusurratio, from insusurrare (to whisper into).

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  • Whispering in the ear; insinuation.

    May 16, 2008