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susurration|s(j)uːsʌˈreɪʃən|
Also 5–6 -acyo(u)n, 6 erron. sussur-.
[ad. L. susurrātio, -ōnem, f. susurrāre: see prec. and -ation.]
Whispering; occas. a whisper; in early use, malicious whispering, tattle.
a1400Pauline Epistles 2 Cor. xii. 20 Discencyouns, bacbytyngys, susurracyouns. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. ix. 110 Susurration is for to speke cursed langage by malice for to put noyses in some persones. 1503Kalender of Sheph. c vij, The branchys of enwy detraccyon, adulacyon, sussuracyon. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 90 b, Susurracyon or preuy sclaundre. 1630I. Craven Serm. (1631) 28 The secret susurrations and buzzings of false tongues. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 22 Apuleius..asserts that by a magical susurration..rivers are turned back. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 33. 2/1 To Inlighten their Offuscated Intellects, upon the least Petitionary Susurration. 1825Lamb Let. to Manning in Final Mem. vii. 256 Not a susurration of this to anybody! 1855De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ Life (1877) II. xviii. 99 Every syllable and fragment of susurration that might..betray the tendency of our colloquy. 1892Harper's Mag. Aug. 331/1 The crossing of the hands is accompanied by a muttering and susurration of the lips.
b. transf. A rustling murmur.
1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 2 Those soft susurrations of the Trees. 1867Macm. Mag. Jan. 234/1 There is no sound but the susurration of the taller trees. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 736 There is a constant susurration, a blattering and swarming of crustacea. |