murmurousness

English

Etymology

From murmurous +‎ -ness.

Noun

murmurousness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being murmurous.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14:
      For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance.
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