[L., = humming, muttering, whispering.] A low soft sound as of whispering or muttering; a whisper; a rustling.
1831. Scott, Ct. Robt., Introd. Addr. ¶ 15. The first thing which alarmed me was a rumour in the village…. I was … rather alarmed at this susurrus.
1831–4. De Quincey, Cæsars, Wks. 1862, IX. 6. A brief uproar … too feeble … to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune.
1847. Longf., Ev., II. iv. 105. The chant of their vespers, Mingling its notes with the soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
1866. Howells, Venet. Life, xvi. 242. The procession makes a soft susurrus.
1887. Besant, Kath. Regina, 27. In most assemblies of girls there will be heard a susurrus of universal chatter.
