Clamour

//ˈklæm.ə// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    British and Canada standard spelling of clamor. Canada, UK, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable

    "Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones."

  2. 2
    loud and persistent outcry from many people wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    British and Canada standard spelling of clamor. Canada, UK, alt-of, standard

    "The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers"

  2. 2
    make loud demands wordnet
  3. 3
    To salute loudly. obsolete, transitive

    "At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,"

  4. 4
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily wordnet
  5. 5
    To stun with noise. obsolete, transitive

    "Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them."

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  1. 6
    To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang. obsolete, transitive

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Example

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"In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful."

Etymology

From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

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