susurrant

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  1. Murmuring; sighing; whispering; susurrous. The soft susurrant sigh, and gently murmuring kiss. Poetry of Antijacobin, p. 146. (Davies.)

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian susurrante, from Latin susurran(t-)s, present participle of susurrare (later Italian susurrare, sussurare = Spanish Portuguese susurrar), murmur, whisper, from susurrus, a murmuring, whispering: see susurrus.
 

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