Pronounced: THREH-nuh-dee, noun
Notes: This word seems vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place it or define it
Yesterday’s word
The word sough means, as a verb, “to make a moaning, sighing, whistling, murmuring, or rustling sound”
As a noun it means
- a sound as defined by the verb above
- a rumor
First usage
Our word came into English a long time ago – before the mid 1000s, my reference says.
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Old English word swogan (to rustle; to whistle; etc). I’m not sure how it came to refer to a rumor — maybe because a rumor can be as insubstantial as the sound.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 