susurrusn.
/s(j)uːˈsʌrəs/, U.S. /suˈsərəs/ A low soft sound as of whispering or muttering; a whisper; a rustling.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > whispering sound
whisping1379
whispering1610
whisper1638
susurration1640
susurring1826
susurrus1826
susurrence1909
whiffle1972
1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 146/2 Through the..range of laughter, from faint susurrus to indomitable guffaw.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert Introd. p. xxiv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I The first thing which alarmed me was a rumour in the village... I was..rather alarmed at this susurrus.
1832 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 553/1 A brief uproar..too feeble..to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune.
1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iv. 105 The chant of their vespers, Mingling its notes with the soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvi. 242 The procession makes a soft susurrus.
1887 W. Besant Katherine Regina 27 In most assemblies of girls there will be heard a susurrus of universal chatter.
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