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whisperous

whisperous adjective: whispery.

Adjective

whisperous (comparative more whisperous, superlative most whisperous)

  1. whispery
    • In his apartment the doctor, conscious of his whisperous breathing, placed the letter on the kitchen table and sat looking at it, waiting for a tea kettle of water to boil.1973, Bernard Malamud, Rembrandt's Hat, page 118

Forms of whisperous

comparativemore whisperous
superlativemost whisperous

Origin of whisperous

From whisper + -ous.

Words formed from whisperous

Questions about whisperous

What does whisperous mean?
Whisperous means whispery.
What part of speech is whisperous?
Whisperous is an adjective.

Words near whisperous in the dictionary

  1. whispering-gallery waves
  2. whisperingly
  3. whisperingness
  4. whisperings
  5. whisperless
  6. whisperous
  7. whisperously
  8. whispers
  9. whispersome
  10. whispery
  11. whispovirus

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