whisperingness
English
editEtymology
editwhispering + -ness
Noun
editwhisperingness (plural not attested)
- The quality of something that whispers, or makes a soft, breathy sound.
- 1889, George Meredith, The Shaving of Shagpat, page 143:
- There was a soft whisperingness in the breath of the breezes that swung there, and many sails of charmed ships were seen in momentary gleams, flapping the mast idly far away.