Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WHIS'PER
WHIS'PER, n.
- A low soft sibilant voice; or words uttered with such a voice. The whisper can not give a tone. – Bacon. Soft whispers through th' assembly went. – Dryden.
- A cautious or timorous speech.
- A hissing or buzzing sound.
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