SUSURRATION

PRONUNCIATION: (soo-suh-RAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun: A soft, low sound, such as a rustling, whispering, or murmuring.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), from susurrus (a murmur or whisper), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: before 1425.
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SUS-ORRATION - a discourse given in the southern United States on the cotton- and slave-based economy

SUN/SURFATION - ditto in Florida, Southern California, and Hawaii for the leisure economy

CUSSRRATION - a limited number of imprecations