murmurousness

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noun

Quality of being murmurous.

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Meanings

nounmurmurousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableQuality of being murmurous.

    For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance.

    1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14

Origin

From murmurous + -ness.

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murmurousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murmurousness

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Chicago

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