vociferantadj.n.

1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. F3^v For, all his Wounds, with voice vociferant, Crie out they can, more than supply each want!

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica vi. 38 That Themistocles came to Artaxerxes, not to Xerxes,..he proves from a plain narrative, where there is no mention of any vociferant Ecstatical Olbius.

1758 Chiron I. Introd. 3 When vociferant barrow-women call their fruit by wrong, but pompous names, in imitation of superior traders.

1836 London & Westm. Rev. 24 82 A new race of parsons sprung up, half political leaders, half-fanatical fire-brands..now declaiming in the pulpit, now vociferant in the tavern [etc.].

1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xiv She..shook first him and then his frock..and carried him, vociferant, to the door.

1920 Outlook Jan.-Apr. 24/2 John, by nature so vociferant that he was called a ‘son of thunder’,..became the pre-eminent apostle of gentleness and love.

1991 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 18 Dec. b3/5 Mulroy, one of the more vociferant jurists in Syracuse, now must keep his speeches from the bench brief.

1760 Clockmaker's Polit. Hum-bug 57 My answer to the vociferants is,—‘Mum, Budget—soft and fair—hold ye for a while.’

1835 Blackburn Standard 28 Jan. 1/3 He..was preparing to lay violent hands on the vociferant.

1890 Atlantic Monthly May 675/2 Strange as it may appear to earnest but misguided vociferants.

1909 McClure's Mag. Nov. 68/2 The little city editor sat quietly peeping about at the various vociferants and smiling his vague smile.

2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers iii. 98 The vociferant..had been apprehended in a state of certified public madness.