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susurruses

susurruses is the plural of susurrus.

Meaning of susurrus

Noun

susurrus (plural susurruses)

  1. (literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
    • [Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was] pelted with buckets of water by firemen, and, finally, currycombed and rubbed down by two grooms, keeping a sharp susurrus between them, so as to soothe his wounded feelings; […]1847 February, Thomas De Quincey, “Notes on Walter Savage Landor”, in Leaders in Literature with a Notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them (De Quincey’s Works; IX), London: James Hogg & Sons...

Questions about susurruses

What is susurruses the plural of?
Susurruses is the plural of susurrus.

Words near susurruses in the dictionary

  1. susurringly
  2. susurrings
  3. susurrous
  4. susurrously
  5. susurrus
  6. susurruses
  7. susus
  8. SUSY
  9. Susy Q
  10. Susy Qs
  11. SUSYs

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