susurrant \ soo-SUR-uhnt \ , adjective; 1. softly murmuring; whispering. Definition of susurrant| See synonyms| Comment on todays word| Suggest tomorrows word Quotes: This was our beginning, when the insistent squaw of seagulls crashing after urchins, susurrant grasses, and groggy frogs, the thin pitch, high pierce of insects was our music on any clear morning. -- Christine Schutt, A Day, A Night, Another Day, Summer , 1996 She had one of those honeyed susurrant voices that soothed like the pressure of hands or wind or warmth. -- John Dufresne, Deep in the Shade of Paradise , 2002 Origin: Susurrant entered English in the late 1700s from the Latin meaning to whisper.
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