clamant

American  

[kley-muhnt, klam-uhnt] / ˈkleɪ mənt, ˈklæm ənt /

adjective

1. clamorous; noisy.

2. compelling or pressing; urgent.

   a clamant need for reform.

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clamant British  

/ ˈkleɪmənt /

adjective

1. noisy

2. calling urgently

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Other Word Forms

• clamantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of clamant

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin clāmant- (stem of clāmāns, present participle of clāmāre “to shout”), equivalent to clām- ( claim ) + -ant- -ant

Example Sentences

A shrewish voice rose in the darkness before him, and other voices, angry, clamant, protesting, struck in.

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As he did so, the bird whistled again, with precisely the note of a police-whistle blown under the stress of fear, excitement or anger, a clamant, bodeful, and insistent signal.

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The clamant abuse of putting mere clerks and sextons to do the work of priests was also now put a stop to, and training in clerical seminaries or academies was made compulsory.

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Now he sorted all he had heard out on a system based on an intimate knowledge of his fellow-countrymen's methods in the face of clamant danger.

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Where, day by day, so many thousands passed, driven by eagerness and haste, in an unnoticeable throng, a single footfall now roused clamant echoes.

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