adjective
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noisy
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calling urgently
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of clamant
First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin clāmant- (stem of clāmāns, present participle of clāmāre “to shout”), equivalent to clām- ( see claim) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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I gave him £50 of my own to meet clamant demands, and besought him to secure me a day or two of delay that something might be done.
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James
Yells and loud whistles rose clamant in the air, and his own name was shouted to and fro.
From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur
By 1817 the grievance had become clamant; and when that inquisitive agitator, Robert Gourlay, asked the farmers of Upper Canada what hindered settlement, he received the answer—Clergy Reserves.
From The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by MacMechan, Archibald
Among the most distressing and clamant cases which came before him was the great Convict Settlement in the Andaman Islands, in which the mortality amounted in 1867 to over 101 per thousand.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
And, therefore, what a clamant and urgent need there is for love-fires at which to kindle these souls that are heavy, and burdened, and cold.
From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry
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