clamourclamorn.
/ˈklamə/, U.S. /ˈklæmər/ 1.
a. Loud shouting or outcry, vociferation; esp. the excited outcry of vehement appeal, complaint, or opposition: commonly, but not always, implying a mingling of voices.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
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shriek1929
yammering1937
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 137 The grete clamour [v.r. clamor] and the waymentynge That the ladyes made at the brennynge Of the bodies.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) ciiii. 140 Oure lord god..forgeteth not the clamour and prayer of the trewe and Iuste.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3264 The clamore and the cryis Was lamentable and petws.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lxiiv He that stoppeth his eares at the clamour or cry of a poore man.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5997 Myche clamur & crie for care of hor dethe.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 71 Clamour, crying, and voice popular, sould follow ane manslayer.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 190 Contempt and Clamor Will be my Knell. View more context for this quotation
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §22 The worst cause produceth the greatest clamour.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Clamor.
1841 R. Whately Elements Rhetoric (ed. 6) 74 Attempts to suppress evidence, or to silence a speaker by clamour.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xl. 6 Wouldst thou..Break with clamour at any cost the silence?
b. with a, and plural. A shout, a cry; an outburst of noisy utterance.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun]
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther ix. 31 Fastingis and clamoures [a1425 L.V. the cries] and daȝes of lotis.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxviii. 119 Many clamours & orysons they hadde..made vnto god.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 527 A great clamour and a houge noise was harde through the towne.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 850 Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 Birds with clamours frighted from the Field. View more context for this quotation
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 145 He was interrupted in a speech by clamours of disapprobation.
2. figurative. General vehement expression of feeling, especially of discontent or disapprobation (often including noisy manifestation); popular outcry.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > loud or public
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c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 33 Ffor which oppression was swich clamour.]
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 263 The comun clamour tolde The newe shame of sinnes olde.
1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 112v/1 [He] had oftentymes herde the comyn clamoure of the Englysshe men.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 188 Though it be a Conceit that hath possess'd all ages..the Clamour was never so high as it is now.
1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 165 It was the general clamour here, that his Lordship gave an extravagant interest.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iv. 55 The clamour for war continued, year after year, in our country.
1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) ix. 111 The clamour excited against an unpopular measure.
3. Loud vocal noise of beasts and birds.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun]
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1719 E. Young Paraphr. Part Bk. Job in Compl. Wks. (1854) I. 252 And stills the clamour of the craving nest.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 309 The clamour..of domestic poultry, which range the woods.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 60 The clamour of a troop of dogs of all sorts and sizes.
1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 140 The sweet clamour of the wild fowl.
4. Loud noise of musical instruments; and, more generally, of a storm, waterfall, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > loud
clamour1606
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F4 Trumpets and drums, your dreadfull clamors sound.
a1719 J. Addison in Wks. (1869) I. 484 Here the loud Arno's boist'rous clamours cease.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery ii. 90 That Clamour which usually attends the burning of Saltpeter.
1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iii. x. 51 The hideous clamour of conch, trumpet, and atabal.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 560 The clamour of his storms.
Compounds
clamour-proof adj.
ΚΠ
1689 in Cobbett Parl. Hist. Eng. (1809) V. 244 ‘His blood be upon him,’ meaning the Lord Chief Justice, who said, ‘Let it! I am clamour-proof!’
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clamourclamorv.1
/ˈklamə/, U.S. /ˈklæmər/ 1.
a. intransitive. To make a clamour; to shout, or utter loud and continued cries or calls; to raise an outcry, make a noise or din of speech. Said of persons, animals, and instruments of noise.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)]
singOE
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > outcry or clamour
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult
clamourc1400
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shout1513
racket1617
to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632
to raise a dust1649
obstreperate1765
row1797
uproar1834
to raise Cain1840
to raise the mischief1840
to raise (also lift) the roof1845
steven1855
tow-row1877
c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 277 b/1 Thilke persons..drawen also the feeble witted people..to clamure and to crye on matters that they stirred.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 485/2 I clamer, or krye out with a loude voyce, je mescrye.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 59 The obscure Bird clamor'd the liue-long Night. View more context for this quotation
1727 J. Thomson Summer 77 The Quail clamours for his running Mate.
1857 C. M. Yonge Cameos xliii, in Monthly Packet Oct. 351 The London mob clamoured in fury without.
b. To raise an outcry against.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > loudly or publicly
clamour1548
conclamate-
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xviii. 6 (R.) When they clamoured agaynste hym.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 792 When therefore their Conscience begins to clamour against their wickedness..the mercy of God is the usual Sanctuary they fly to.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 379 Many persons were..disposed to clamour against the innovation, simply because it was an innovation.
2. intransitive. To raise an outcry for; to seek, demand, or call importunately for, or to do a thing.
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the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > for something
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to call on ——1721
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1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 109 Very absurd for men to clamor as they doe, for the Liberty they so manifestly enjoy.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋6 They..clamoured vehemently for the prologue.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 419 The Catholics clamoured for a free press under Charles the Second.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xiv. 339 Men were eagerly clamouring to go home.
3. transitive.† a. To disturb with clamour; to din.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > outcry or clamour > disturb with
clamour1625
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 123 Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
1642 Pinke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 280 III. 299 The Disciples when in danger of drowning clamoured our Saviour with ‘Master, carest thou not that we perish?’
1649 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 49 Legions of women went down to clamour the House for his enlargement.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1621 Clamouring thir god with praise, Who had made thir dreadful enemy thir thrall. View more context for this quotation
b. With adv. compl.: To move or drive by clamouring out of, into; to put down by clamour.
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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking
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to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > outcry or clamour > drive with
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1646 J. Mayne Serm. Unity 50 To..clamour downe all the primitive Truths for some Generations taught among them.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 117 We may much more easily think to clamour the Sun and Stars out of their Courses.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 128 They..laugh at him, and hoot him, until..he is clamoured down and retires of himself.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 2/2 The public have been clamoured..into a belief that, etc.
4. transitive. To utter or assert clamorously.
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the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > loudly or noisily
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clamour1856
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > outcry or clamour
clamour1856
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 127 The imperialist cardinals..clamoured that the evil had been caused by the dilatory timidity.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 621 in Idylls of King Is it clamour'd by the child, Or whisper'd in the corner?
1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale ii, in Tales Wayside Inn 190 Hungry crows..Clamoured their piteous prayer incessantly.
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clamourclamorv.2
1. Bell-ringing. See quot. and cf. clam v.2Todd says ‘A term in ringing, according to Warburton, which other commentators..imagine to be merely his own opinion. It is, however, probable. To encrease the strokes of the clapper on the bell, in falling it.’
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)] > conclude peal
clamour1747
1747 W. Warburton Wks. Shakespear III. 345 (note) When bells are at the height, in order to cease them, the repetition of the strokes becomes much quicker than before; this is called clamouring them.
c1800 W. Jones et al. Key to Art of Ringing 4 A true compass makes the ringing pleasant and harmonious..the want of it produces those clamberings and firings (as it is called) that destroy all music, and is very disgusting to every judicious ear.
2. To stop from noise, to silence; = clam v.2 2. [Supposed by Warburton to be taken from the fact that the clamouring of bells is immediately followed by silence.]
ΘΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence > stop a sound
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 246 Clown. 'Tis well they are whispring: clamor your tongues, and not a word more. View more context for this quotation
1630 J. Taylor Sir Gregory Nonsence in Wks. 1/2 Cease friendly cutting throats, Clamour the promulgation of your tongues And yield to Demagorgon's policy.
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