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vociferous, a.|və(ʊ)ˈsɪfərəs|
[f. L. vōcifer-ārī (see vociferate v.) + -ous.]
1. Uttering loud cries or shouts; clamorous, bawling, noisy.
c1611Chapman Iliad ii. 83 Thrise three vociferous heralds rose to checke the rout, and get Eare to their Ioue-kept gouernors. 1700T. Brown tr. Fresny's Amusem. 121, I sailed into a Presbyterian Meeting..where the vociferous Holder-forth was as bold and saucy, as if the Deity and all Mankind had owed him Money. 1749Fielding Tom Jones ii. ix, Mr. Allworthy had been before silent, from the same cause which had made his sister vociferous. 1784Cowper Task 1 299 The boorish driver leaning o'er his team Vocif'rous, and impatient of delay. 1816Southey Poet's Pilgr. Proem xviii, The restless joy Of those glad girls, and that vociferous boy! 1834James J. Marston Hall vii, My companions were very vociferous. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 56 The whole audience instead of being mute became vociferous.
transf.1850–1Longfellow Gold. Leg. Prol., Sp. iv, Hover downward! Seize the loud, vociferous bells, and..to the pavement Hurl them from their windy tower.
fig.1883Harper's Mag. Sept. 565/1 Mr. Cody..could scarcely design a vulgar and vociferous work if he tried.
b. Applied to birds.
1809Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 94 Vociferous Eagle, Falco Vocifer. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. iii. ii. (1820) 170 Flocks of vociferous geese cackled about the fields.
2. Of the nature of vociferation; uttered with or accompanied by clamour; characterized by loud declamation.
1631R. Brathwait Whimzies, Piper 144 All he reedes, he puts into his pipe: which consisting of three notes breaks out into a most vociferous syllogisme. 1740Cibber Apol. (1756) II. 59 Though candour and benevolence are silent virtues, they are as visible as the most vociferous ill-nature. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. v. 126 Popular gratitude is as vociferous as it is sudden. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 283 Jealousy of their good name now prompted them to the most vociferous vindications of their innocence. 1873Black Pr. Thule i, Showing by his answers that he was but vaguely hearing the vociferous talk of his companions. |