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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of the nature of rumor; circulated by popular report.
  • Confused or indistinct in sound; vaguely heard; murmuring.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.
  • adjective obsolete Famous; notorious.
  • adjective Obs. or Poetic Murmuring.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.
  • adjective Of the natures of rumours; circulated by popular report.

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  • "Confused or indistinct in sound; vaguely heard; murmuring."

    --Cent. Dict.

    November 20, 2012