Definition of Susurrous

1. Adjective. Characterized by soft sounds. "A slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"

Exact synonyms: Murmurous, Rustling, Soughing
Similar to: Soft
Derivative terms: Murmur

Definition of Susurrous

1. a. Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.

Definition of Susurrous

1. Adjective. Full of whispering or rustling sounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Susurrous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Susurrous

sustentatio
sustentation
sustentations
sustentative
sustention
sustentions
susu
susurrant
susurrate
susurrated
susurrates
susurrating
susurration
susurrations
susurringly
susurrous (current term)
susurrus
susurruses
susus
suthern
sutile
sutler
sutleries
sutlers
sutlership
sutlerships
sutlery
sutling
sutor
sutorial

Literary usage of Susurrous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"... the flowing sentence; the period that, 'with a murmur susurrous,' falls in music; and that gentle morality, which can extract lessons from a streamlet, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1835)
"... the flowing sentence; the period that, 'with a murmur susurrous,' falls in music; and that gentle morality, which can extract lessons from a streamlet, ..."

3. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1883)
"How else are we to account for such terms as "delicious sweven," "susurrous twigs," " setaceous leaf," " slender pedicels," " culms inviting," "blossoms ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"... the flowing sentence; the period that, 'with a murmur susurrous,' falls in music; and that gentle morality, which can extract lessons from a streamlet, ..."

5. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1835)
"... the flowing sentence; the period that, 'with a murmur susurrous,' falls in music; and that gentle morality, which can extract lessons from a streamlet, ..."

6. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1883)
"How else are we to account for such terms as "delicious sweven," "susurrous twigs," " setaceous leaf," " slender pedicels," " culms inviting," "blossoms ..."

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