murmurous
/ˈmɜː(ɹ).mə.ɹəs/
murmurous adjective: low, indistinct (of a sound); reminiscent of a murmur.
Adjective
murmurous (comparative more murmurous, superlative most murmurous)
- 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,1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - Throughout all the isle
There was no covert, no retired cave
Unhaunted by the murmurous noise of waves,
Though scarcely heard in many a green recess.1818–1819, John Keats, “Hyperion, a Fragment”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, page 193
- Like as a fire, the which in hollow cave
Examples of murmurous in a sentence
- He felt some dark presence moving irresistably upon him from the darkness, a presence subtle and murmurous as a flood filling him wholly with itself.1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
- The seeming remoteness of its source was because of its murmurous indistinctness since it came from close-by, even from the men massed on the ship's open deck.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
Forms of murmurous
| comparative | more murmurous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most murmurous |
Origin of murmurous
From murmur + -ous.
Words formed from murmurous
Questions about murmurous
- What does murmurous mean?
- Murmurous means low, indistinct (of a sound); reminiscent of a murmur.
- How do you use murmurous in a sentence?
- He felt some dark presence moving irresistably upon him from the darkness, a presence subtle and murmurous as a flood filling him wholly with itself.
- What part of speech is murmurous?
- Murmurous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce murmurous?
- Murmurous is pronounced /ˈmɜː(ɹ).mə.ɹəs/.
Words near murmurous in the dictionary
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