Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the indistinct sound of people whispering;
- Example: "a soft susurrus of conversation"[syn: susurration, susurrus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Susurrus \Su*sur"rus\, n. [L.]
The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
susurrus
n 1: the indistinct sound of people whispering; "a soft susurrus
of conversation" [syn: susurration, susurrus]