clamantadj.
/ˈkleɪmənt//ˈklamənt/ 1. literal.
a. Crying out, clamorous, noisy.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy
fervent1465
brawlinga1568
baw-waw1570
rouncing?1576
ruff-raff1582
reirding1591
wrangling1608
perstreperous1629
ran-tan1630
streperous1637
clamant1639
chiding1648
loudmouth1668
noisy1675
noise-making1678
strepitous1681
dinsome1724
strepent1750
dinny1768
loud-mouthing1788
dinning1813
blatant1816
noisome1825
strepitant1855
polyphloisboisterousa1875
noisesome1925
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [adjective] > outcry or clamour > making
clamosec1380
criousa1382
clamorousa1554
brawlinga1568
outcrying1593
barking1598
wrangling1608
clamouring1635
clamant1639
hullabalooing1867
conclamant1890
yammering1895
clamatory1900
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvi. 95 A Clamant Woeman, or of many words.
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 142 Winter.., and a train Of clamant children dear.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 43 Clamant for food.
1963 Times 11 Mar. 3/5 A deliriously clamant crowd rightly thought a try inevitable.
b. Of sounds, etc. (with mixture of sense 2).
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1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 76 This clamant word Broke through the careful silence.
1888 M. Oliphant Joyce I. 196 The sound..became every moment more and more clamant.
2. figurative. ‘Crying’, urgent. Chiefly in Scottish writers.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > urgently demanding action
clamorous1621
fit1621
clamanta1687
the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > importunate
onwileOE
importune?1406
instant1477
importunate1529
urgent1548
important1591
importuning1599
instancing1606
clamorous1621
precarious1655
craving1668
clamanta1687
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) Introd. 2 A clear and continued Testimony against the clament Wickedness.
1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1852) 460 In order to the rectification of a clamant evil.
1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. ix. 545 The abuses became every day more clamant.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 195 My appetite was a clamant, instant annoyance.
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