Murmur Definition
mûrmər
murmured, murmuring, murmurs
noun
murmurs
A low, indistinct, continuous sound, as of a stream or far-off voices.
Webster's New World
A mumbled or muttered complaint.
Webster's New World
An indistinct, whispered, or confidential complaint; a mutter.
American Heritage Medicine
An expression of feeling or opinion, regarded as hesitant, restrained, furtive, etc.
Murmurs of public disapproval.
Webster's New World
Any abnormal sound heard by auscultation, esp. of the heart.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
murmured, murmuring, murmurs
To make a low, continuous, indistinct sound or succession of sounds.
American Heritage Medicine
To make a murmur.
Webster's New World
To mumble or mutter a complaint.
Webster's New World
To complain in low mumbling tones; grumble.
American Heritage Medicine
To say in a murmur.
Webster's New World
Origin of Murmur
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From Middle English murmur, murmor, murmour, from Old French murmure (modern French murmure), from Latin murmur (“murmur, humming, muttering, roaring, growling, rushing etc.").
From Wiktionary
Middle English murmure from Old French from Latin murmur a humming, roaring of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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