clamour

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Pronunciation

/ˈklæm.ə/

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/ˈklæm.ə/ · /ˈklæm.ɚ/ (US)

Definition of clamour

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(Canada, UK, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable)British and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

“Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.”
“For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]”

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noun

(Canada, UK, alt-of, countable, standard, uncountable)British and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

“Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.”
“For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]”

verb

(Canada, UK, alt-of, standard)British and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

“The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers”
(obsolete, transitive)To salute loudly.

“At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,”
(obsolete, transitive)To stun with noise.

“Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.”
(obsolete, transitive)To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

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