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clamour en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈklæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈklæm.ɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 17:Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
clamour en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈklæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈklæm.ɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
Meanings
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UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers
1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete, transitive) To salute loudly.
At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 94, lines 621–622:
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(obsolete, transitive) To stun with noise.
Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Counsel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
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(obsolete, transitive) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
Forms
Deriveds
outclamour · clamourer · clamoursome