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Murmurous

//ˈmɜː(ɹ).mə.ɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Low, indistinct (of a sound); reminiscent of a murmur.

    "Like as a fire, the which in hollow cave Hath long bene underkept, and down supprest, With murmurous disdaine doth inly rave, And grudge, in so streight prison to be prest,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by soft sounds wordnet

Etymology

From murmur + -ous.

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