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cla·mant
(klā′mənt, klăm′ənt)adj.
1. Clamorous; loud.
2. Demanding attention; pressing.
[Latin clāmāns, clāmant-, present participle of clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]
cla′mant·ly adv.
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clamant
(ˈkleɪmənt)adj
1. noisy
2. calling urgently
[C17: from Latin clāmāns, from clāmāre to shout]
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cla•mant
(ˈkleɪ mənt, ˈklæm ənt)adj.
1. clamorous; noisy.
2. compelling or pressing; urgent.
[1630–40; < Latin clāmant-, s. of clāmāns, present participle of clāmāre to shout]
cla′mant•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | clamant - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" |
2. | clamant - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" |
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