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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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 Arthur Morrison
How often lately it had rung discordantly across her mood; now it seemed a clamant watcher, tolling joy.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
Both are clamant at this moment in you and me, clamant in you as you read these words, clamant in me as I write them.
From Religious Perplexities by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks
Moreover the drawing was not clamant with noisy daubs to attract the attention.
From Aliens by William McFee
All we had was paid for in cash at the time, and there were so many clamant uses for cash.
From A Prisoner in Turkey by John Still
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