mussitation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/    美 /ˌmʌsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper. archaic,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The mussitation of the crowd dropped instantly.
  2. A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound. countable,uncountable

词形变化

mussitations plural

词汇关系

相关词
mussitant mussitate

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).
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