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  • noun Common misspelling of susurration.

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  • Hazel and Pipkin are on an early morning adventure at a farm. They're alert for dogs, cats, owls, stoats, and humans...

    P.209:

    But beyond the light movements of birds and the first buzzing of the flies immediately around them, they could hear nothing but the continual sussuration of the trees.

    It originates from late Middle English 'sussuration' (current from about 1150 to about 1470) from 'susarrare', to murmur, in Latin.

    There are 2,580 instances of 'sussuration' on the Web according to Google.

    April 23, 2007