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Susurrus

//ˈsu.sə.ɹəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur. literary

    "[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was] pelted with buckets of water by firemen, and, finally, currycombed and rubbed down by two grooms, keeping a sharp susurrus between them, so as to soothe his wounded feelings; […]"

  2. 2
    the indistinct sound of people whispering wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin susurrus (“a humming, whispering”); reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).

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