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forgotusername6
1193 days ago
The word "susurrential" returns only two Google results. One is for this post. Does anyone know what this word is supposed to mean?
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stevula
1193 days ago
susurrus or susurration is a very literary word for a whisper/whispering. The usual adjective would be susurrous or susurrant, rather than susurrential, but in any case it would mean “full of whispering sounds”.
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ex3xu
1193 days ago
I think it's a portmanteau of susurrus and torrential, which serves to invoke the force and volume of a torrential downpour to the description.
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antonyt
1193 days ago
Most likely a corruption of susurrant. From susurrus, meaning a murmuring or whispering sound.
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recuter
1193 days ago
I believe that is his way of calling us gossipy ultracrepidarianists.
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KineticLensman
1193 days ago
"An ultracrepidarian is a person who offers opinions beyond their own knowledge"
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