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clamant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkleɪmənt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈklæmənt/

Etymology

Latin clāmāns, present participle of clāmō (“yell”). Doublet of claimant.

Meanings

  1. Urgent.
    • The concoctions contrived by Italians were particularly in clamant demand, while the occult sciences of astrology and alchemy lent their support[.] 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 190:
  2. Crying earnestly; beseeching clamorously.
    • clamant children a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

Forms

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most clamant Degree=Sup lexicographic
more clamant Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

clamantly

Translations (1)

bg спешен (Urgent)