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mussitation

Syllables: mus·sit·at·ionUK/mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/US/ˌmʌsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

mussitation noun: speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.

Noun

mussitation (countable and uncountable, plural mussitations)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
    • The mussitation of the crowd dropped instantly.1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel
  2. A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.

Forms of mussitation

pluralmussitations

Origin of mussitation

Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).

Words that rhyme with mussitation

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Questions about mussitation

What does mussitation mean?
Mussitation means speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
What part of speech is mussitation?
Mussitation is a noun.
How do you pronounce mussitation?
Mussitation is pronounced /mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of mussitation?
The plural of mussitation is mussitations.

Words near mussitation in the dictionary

  1. mussing up
  2. mussitate
  3. mussitated
  4. mussitates
  5. mussitating
  6. mussitation
  7. mussitations
  8. mussite
  9. mussites
  10. Mussman
  11. Mussmans

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