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susurrus

[soo-sur-uhs]

su·sur·rus

[soo-sur-uhs]
noun, plural -rus·es.
a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper.

Origin:
1825–35; < Latin: a whisper
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Susurrus is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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susurrate (ˈsjuːsəˌreɪt)
 
vb
literary (intr) to make a soft rustling sound; whisper; murmur
 
[C17: from Latin susurrāre to whisper]
 
susurrant
 
adj
 
susur'ration
 
n
 
'susurrus
 
n

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