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Definition of Susurrant
1. Adjective. Making a low continuous indistinct sound. "Susurrant voices"
Definition of Susurrant
1. a. Whispering.
Definition of Susurrant
1. Adjective. Of speech or sound; murmured, soft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Susurrant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Susurrant
Literary usage of Susurrant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The soft susurrant sigh, and gently murmuring kiss. ... murmur, whisper: see
susurrant.] A whispering; a soft murmur. They resembled those soft ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1804)
"... susurrant arch.' The late Mr. Warton was severely ridiculed for introducing
the phrase " echoing car" into one of his odes (which he had probably ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"... an everlasting cud. round and round and round, Give a soft susurrant echo of
a swishing, Where the sails of countless windmills rolling swirling sound. ..."
4. Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and (1896)
"Marguerite enters her door with the susurrant " Maw demain, oui, de- main.' "
on her lips. ..."
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