susurrus
/ˈsu.sə.ɹəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[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; […]"
- "The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches."
- "They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast."
- "I sipped at a drink and smoked cigarettes in a silence so profound that I could hear the susurrus of the blindfold's soft fabric rustle and slip between my fingers."
- "I walked steadily toward the pennant pole amid a sea of susurrus murmurings."
- "Bod could feel the Sleer listening to Jack's words, could feel a low susurrus of excitement building in the chamber."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin susurrus (“a humming, whispering”); reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsu.sə.ɹəs/
- British English: /ˈsuː.sə.ɹəs/