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clamorous, a.|ˈklæmərəs|
Forms: 5 clamourus, 7 -arous, -orouse, 8–9 -ourous, 6– clamorous.
[Corresponds to med.L. clāmōrōs-us, and obs. F. clamoreux, f. L. clāmōrem clamour: see -ous.]
Characterized by clamour.
1. Of the nature of clamour; uttered with, or accompanied by, clamour or shouting; noisy.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 92 b, Defendeth with hygh and clamorous wordes or speche his opinyon. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 180 Hee..kist her lips with such a clamorous smacke, that at the parting all the Church did eccho. 1667Milton P.L. x. 479 Chaos wilde..fiercely oppos'd My journey strange, with clamorous uproare. 1712Addison Spect. No. 440 ⁋6 He still reasoned in a more clamorous and confused manner. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. i. 23 Loud and clamorous was the babble against the new soap. 1842Emerson Transcendentalist Wks. (Bohn) II. 291 They..reject the clamorous nonsense of the hour.
2. Uttering loud and persistent cries or shouts; noisy, vociferous; loudly urgent. Said of persons and other agents, or instruments; and transf. of places where these are.
1540–54Croke Ps. (1844) 19 Mercifull Lorde..let ascende vp to thyne eare My wofull voyce, and clamorous. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iv. i. 152, I will bee..more clamorous then a Parrat against raine. 1728Pope Dunc. ii. 353 The clam'rous crowd is hush'd with mugs of Mum. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. i, Clamorous War-pipes yelled the gathering sound. 1858W. Johnson Ionica 27 The zeal of those that miss the prize On clamorous river-banks. 1870Bryant Iliad I. ii. 45 Thersites only, clamorous of tongue, Kept brawling.
3. fig. That urgently claims attention, ‘crying’; importunate. (Often including actual noise.)
1621–31Laud Sev. Serm. (1847) 98, I doubt our sins have been as clamorous upon God to heat His fire. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 44 Put an end to this clamorous Evil. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull (1755) 13 Clamorous debts. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. i. (1852) 5 The age..we may almost say, is clamorous for new works. |