Lexic.us

Definition of Clamorous

1. Adjective. Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. "A vociferous mob"

Definition of Clamorous

1. a. Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.

Definition of Clamorous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to clamor. ¹

2. Adjective. noisy, loud. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clamorous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamorous

Literary usage of Clamorous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Major Boyd Asks for the Payment of Clamorous Claims. White Plains 10th August 1778. May it please your Excell'y, There is several sums due the People in ..."

2. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"The natives were always clamorous for friars; but the necessary combination of circumstances could never be effected. The requisites were a favorable ..."

3. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... attributives have moft effect being appropriated fome to things and fome to per- fons : we cannot for example call the weather Clamorous, ..."

4. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"Marking the tracts of air, the clamorous cranes Wheel their due flight, in varied lines descried ; And each with out-stretched neck his rank maintains, ..."

5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... the company began to grow clamorous, when the deputy attempted to lire other pieces, but to his great surprise, not one would fire, and on examination ..."

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