undersoundn.
(under- prefix1 4b(b).)
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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
semi-souna1386
thread1593
understrain?1802
undernote1820
undertone1832
flick1844
undersound1847
undertune1866
whimper1895
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. x. 268 The gale still rising, seemed to my ear to muffle a mournful undersound.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 168 No air is sweet that is silent; it is only sweet when full of low currents of under sound.
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