The Collaborative International Dictionary
Susurrant \Su*sur"rant\, a. [L. susurrans, p. pr. from susurrare
to whisper.]
Whispering. [R.] ``The soft susurrant sigh.''
--Poetry of
Anti-Jacobin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1791, from Latin susurrantem (nominative susurrans), present participle of susurrare "to hum, murmur" (see susurration). Susurrous (adj.) is from 1824.
Wiktionary
a. (context of speech or sound English) murmured, soft.
WordNet
adj. making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: murmuring, whispering]
Usage examples of "susurrant".
If the troops objected to the playlist there was no evidence, just a susurrant hush of breathing, each troop lost in his own thoughts.
Kayla heard the susurrant sound of ventilators, the faint metronomic beeping of heart monitors, the odd bleachy smell of sick-sweat.