psithurism
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prettygoodwordpsithurism (SITH-yuh-riz-uhm) - (obs.) the sound of wind rustling the leaves.
Why someone would import this (in 1848 from Ancient Greek psithurisma, from psithurÃzein, to whisper) when we already had the clearly much better word susurration is beyond me. What's not beyond me is why it never really caught on, except in lists of obscure words.
---L.
Why someone would import this (in 1848 from Ancient Greek psithurisma, from psithurÃzein, to whisper) when we already had the clearly much better word susurration is beyond me. What's not beyond me is why it never really caught on, except in lists of obscure words.
---L.
