SUSURRANT

PRONUNCIATION: (soo/suh-SUHR-uhnt)

MEANING: adjective : Whispering or rustling.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1791. The verb form is susurrate and the noun is susurrus.
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SU SUB-RANT - the imprecations you utter under your breath when you crew a U-boat

SUSURRANK - the honorary Commission awarded by the Army to the John Philip S., the March King

SUTURRANT - a material used to sew up wounds