un-whispering

whis·per·ing

[hwis-per-ing, wis-]
noun
1.
whispered talk or conversation.
2.
rumor, hearsay, or gossip.
3.
a whispered sound.
adjective
4.
that whispers; making a sound like a whisper.
5.
like a whisper.
6.
given to whispering; gossipy.
7.
conversing in whispers.
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English hwisprunge. See whisper, -ing2, -ing1

Related forms
whis·per·ing·ly, adverb
half-whis·per·ing·ly, adverb
un·whis·per·ing, adjective
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whisper
O.E. hwisprian "speak very softly" (only in a Northumbrian gloss for L. murmurare), from P.Gmc. *khwis- (cf. M.Du. wispelen, O.H.G. hwispalon, Ger. wispeln, wispern, O.N. hviskra "to whisper"), imitative and probably related to O.E. hwistlian "to whistle." The noun is from 1596.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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