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vociferant

American  
[voh-sif-er-uhnt] / voʊˈsɪf ər ənt /

adjective

  1. vociferating; noisy.


noun

  1. a person who vociferates.

vociferant British  
/ vəʊˈsɪfərənt /

adjective

  1. a less common word for vociferous

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare a vociferous person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • vociferance noun

Etymology

Origin of vociferant

1600–10; < Latin vōciferant- (stem of vōciferāns ), present participle of vociferārī to vociferate; see -ant

Example Sentences

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She sat, with her vociferant Twins, And thanked the man of One Lame Leg.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Some other friend had given his boys a "vociferant burro."

From Songs and Other Verse by Field, Eugene

My mind was full of the scene I had left, That placid flock, that pastor vociferant, —How this outside was pure and different!

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

My mind was full of the scene I had left,   That placid flock, that pastor vociferant,   —How this outside was pure and different!

From Christmas Eve by Browning, Robert

The night life of any dockside is as vociferant as the day.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas