耳じ語ご

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

whispering; whisper

Rare literary word for whispering, especially into someone's ear. In modern Japanese, 囁き (ささやき) or 耳打ち (みみうち) are far more common.

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつで「耳じ語ご」という言こと葉ばを見みつけた。

  I came across the word 耳語 in an old novel.