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susurrous

susurrous adjective: having whispering or rustling sounds.

Adjective

susurrous (comparative more susurrous, superlative most susurrous)

  1. Having whispering or rustling sounds.
    • there was a delicious, susurrous, rainbow swirl and billow of tulle and taffeta and chiffon1922, Carl Van Vechten, Peter Whiffle, Chapter 4
    • From every side as he passed came, low and elusive, the rhythmic cadences, a mournful litany from the susurrous grass1927, Donald Wandrei, A Fragment of a Dream

Forms of susurrous

comparativemore susurrous
superlativemost susurrous

Origin of susurrous

Latin susurrus + -ous.

Words formed from susurrous

Questions about susurrous

What does susurrous mean?
Susurrous means having whispering or rustling sounds.
What part of speech is susurrous?
Susurrous is an adjective.

Words near susurrous in the dictionary

  1. susurration
  2. susurrations
  3. susurring
  4. susurringly
  5. susurrings
  6. susurrous
  7. susurrously
  8. susurrus
  9. susurruses
  10. susus
  11. SUSY

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