See Also: to-and-fro murmur(medicine)
nun's murmur(medicine)
murmur(2)(dictionary)
murmur(1)(dictionary)
Murmur(health)
Murmur(medicine)
Still's murmur(medicine)
machinery murmur(medicine)
middiastolic murmur(medicine)
mitral murmur(medicine)

murmur(1) (iou)



murmur noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French murmure or Latin murmur rel. to murmurare: see MURMUR verb.]
a. A subdued continuous sound, as made by waves, a stream, etc. LME.
E. Bowen The continuous murmur inside the whorls of a shell. F. Wyndham The continual murmur of moving water around and below me.
b. Medicine. A (normal or abnormal) rushing sound heard over the heart, blood-vessels, or other organ during auscultation. M19.
c. A condition in which the heart produces or is apt to produce such a sound. colloq. E20.
A subdued expression of discontent or anger; a muttered or indistinct complaint. Formerly also, discontent or anger expressed in a subdued or indistinct way. LME.
without a murmur without protest or complaint.
W. Stubbs The murmurs of the people reached the king in Normandy. B. Chatwin People..wouldn't raise a murmur against the Party or State.
Rumour. E16-M18.
Shakespeare Twelfth Night 'Twas fresh in murmur..That he did seek the love of fair Olivia.
A softly spoken word or sentence; subdued or nearly inarticulate speech. L17.
Goldsmith What billing, exchanging stolen glances, and broken murmurs?
Comb.: murmur diphthong Phonetics a diphthong ending with a glide or semivowel; murmur vowel Phonetics a glide or semivowel, a schwa.
murmurish adjective (rare) somewhat like a murmur M19.
murmurous adjective (a) characterized by a murmur or murmurs, full of murmurs; (b) complaining: L15.
murmurously adverb M19.
murmurousness noun E20.