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vociferation

American  
[voh-sif-uh-rey-shuhn] / voʊˌsɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. noisy outcry; clamor.

Etymology

Origin of vociferation

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vōciferātiōn- (stem of vōciferātiō ), equivalent to vōciferāt ( us ) ( see vociferate) + -iōn- -ion

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Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Violent Gesture and Vociferation naturally shake the Hearts of the Ignorant, and fill them with a kind of Religious Horror.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

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