Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Murmuring; sighing; whispering; susurrous.

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

  • adjective rare Whispering.

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  • adjective Murmured, soft.

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  • adjective making a low continuous indistinct sound

Etymologies

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Latin susurrans, p.pr. from susurrare to whisper.

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Examples

  • I lay in the gloom watching them swirl unsteadily in the light breeze of the ceiling fan — their susurrant voices emitting smoke that held for just a moment before the stuttering wind from the blades dissipated them unsteadily.

    Ghosts 2009

  • I lay in the gloom watching them swirl unsteadily in the light breeze of the ceiling fan — their susurrant voices emitting smoke that held for just a moment before the stuttering wind from the blades dissipated them unsteadily.

    Ghosts 2009

  • The dark, sweeping form of a great eagle soared along the riverbank, the susurrant sound of beating wings distinctly audible.

    Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

  • The manic tones of the threat warning klaxon stuttered to silence, the only sound the susurrant rush of oxygen through the respirators of their battle armor.

    Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005

  • But he became aware that there was a susurrant undertone to his voice as it emerged from his artificial larynx, and that perhaps it might seem to be the whispering of the breeze.

    Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003

  • The voice that spoke into it was no more than a susurrant mumble, like waves on the seashore, and she wasn't able to concentrate on who it was or what they said.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • The voice that spoke into it was no more than a susurrant mumble, like waves on the seashore, and she wasn't able to concentrate on who it was or what they said.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Behind their susurrant leafage, homes stood in rows, each on its patch of lawn and garden.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

  • Her breath cut off and she began to strangle, her continued screams but a soft susurrant rattle deep in her Groat, as in a nightmare when one opens one's mouth to call out and no sound is heard.

    beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • It was soft and shadowy, caressed a cheek or a lock of hair and vanished into susurrant dark.

    Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966

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  • Susurrar. A beautiful Spanish word meaning "to whisper." It can also be applied to the lazy ebb and flow of ocean tides, rustling leaves or a velvety springtime zephyr. Mmmmmh.

    March 2, 2009