10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUSURROUS»
Discover the use of
susurrous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
susurrous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
5. whoosh, froufrou, whisper, susurration, susurrus, rustling, crinkling, crinkle,
ripple, rippling, swash, plash. rustlin)!, adj. swishing, whooshing, susurrous, susur
- rant, whispering, sibilant, crinkling, rippling; stirring, waving, swaying. rusty, adj.
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Imagining Baseball: America's Pastime and Popular Culture
Mike's re-creation of his father's deathbed scene — "Then I heard the susurrous
outlines of his voice, the nearly breathless, misshapen words he spoke, the last
syllable trailing off with a faint, stertorous whisper. 'You're nothing'" (259).
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The noun is the older word (it debuted in 1826); “susurrous” came onto the scene
about 30 years later. Today “susurrous” is used to describe any kind of
whispering sound, from the light breeze through a tree to the murmurs of
intrigued ...
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The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to ...
She was accustomed to . . . porch sitters falling silent as she appeared, their
susurrous gossip rising faintly like wind through pine needles as she passed into
what they considered out of earshot. (Interview: Michael Parker Reads a Portion
of ...
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Most of the Game: A Light Comedy in Three Acts
"He went into the bar where there was a low susurrous." I think I'll go down to
Wanamaker's and see if I can get a susurrous for the living room. Oh, you low
susurrous, you ! joanna. Hugh, dear — I'm awfully sorry, but susurrous isn't a
noun, ...
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Murmuring ; sighing; whispering; susurrous. The soft susurrant sigh, and gently
murmuring kiss. Poetry of Antijacobin, p. 146. (Danes.) susurration (su-su-ra'shon
), n. [= F. susurration = Sp. susurracion — It. susttrrazione, < LL. sustirratio(n-), ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1897
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The Excitement of Verbal Adventure: A Study of Vladimir ...
... 271) Nibble, nibble, nibble - went a caterpillar (SM, 212) the startled quonk of a
Belgian car (A, 546) a man hastily scrunching down the gravel walk (RL, 153) the
pinking of water drops (TT, 78) The taxi sped with a susurrous sound (GL, ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Sp. Pg. It. susur- rante, < L. susurran(t-)s, ppr. of susurrare (> It. susurrare,
sussurare = Sp. Pg. susurrar), murmur, whisper, < susurrus, a murmuring,
whispering: see susurrus.] Murmuring; sighing; whispering; susurrous. The soft
susurrant sigh, ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Murmuring; sighing; whispering; susurrous. The soft susurrant sigh, and gently
murmuring kiss. Poetry of Antijacobin, p. 146. (Davies.) susurration (su-su-ra'
shpn), n. [= F. susurration — Sp. susurracion ='lt. susurrazione, < LL. susurratio( n
-), ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1891
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The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature
Still susurrous sobs it as, o'ertaking Light, the twilight on its swart wings hies: All
the night the wind weird, wailing, waking, THE OLD BASTILLE CF PARIS BY H. s.
HOWELL. BOUT. two in front of the traveller ; but whilst he is wondering how he ...
J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish, 1894
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUSURROUS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
susurrous is used in the context of the following news items.
'Vellichor' and other wonderful English words
No, these tasty old words (like “pickerdevant” and “susurrous”) should be savoured on the page, in the quietude of our minds, and there remain a secret, guilty ... «The New Daily, May 15»
Sacramento Book Collectors Club members bound by a passion
Silence, more anticipatory than uncomfortable, replaced the susurrous swirl of conversation, that tentative tête-à-tête among those who may or may not be ... «Sacramento Bee, Mar 15»
Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Anmäl · sirme91 2015-02-10 21:07. jag vet inte, jag gillar ocarina of time men verkligen inte majoras mask:/. 0. Susurrous · Anmäl · Susurrous 2015-02-10 21:30. «FZ, Feb 15»
10 unusual nature words we should use more often
Another cool whispering word is susurrous, which refers to whispering or rustling in general. spoondrift. "A curtain of spoondrift hung above that awful reef and ... «The Week Magazine, Dec 14»
Power Rankings: Derby time
"For five minutes I thought I won the Derby, and it was like, wow," Baffert said, letting the susurrous "wow" escape as he put a hand to his chest and tilted back, ... «ESPN, Apr 14»
'Red Sky in Morning,' by Paul Lynch
Stream water is “susurrous on the rocks like watching whisperers,” a dead body is “resplendent in its selenic and soaking nakedness,” and things are “coffined” ... «Washington Post, Jan 14»
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra & George Lewis - Artificial Life 2007
As that falls away, Neil Davidson's submarine radar guitar ping picks up the susurrous murmurs of Maggie Nicols' vocals, before impressionistic piano chords ... «The List, Dec 13»
Engulfed in Dark Waves : Lycia's ' Cold '
Droning, processed guitars, weighty keyboard atmospherics, drum machines, and Vanportfleet's susurrous vocals ensured all was woeful and esoteric. As both ... «PopMatters, Jun 13»
Dear Friend
By Susurrous, Blue Town, CA. More by this author. Email me when Susurrous contributes work. Dear Friend. Image Credit: Shanze Z., San Antonio, TX. «Teen Ink, Sep 09»
Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
... challenge its reader with vocabulary like "ululating" and "susurrous" — two words I doubt you'll find in any of those wretched Stephanie Meyer vampire novels. «Blogcritics.org, Aug 09»
