mussitation

Meanings

Noun

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mutter, muttering

Scrabble Score: 13

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