See Also: clamorous(dictionary)

clamorous (iou)



clamorous adjective. LME.
[from late Latin clamorosus, from Latin clamor: see CLAMOUR noun, -OUS. Cf. Old French clamoreus.]
Of the nature of clamour; uttered with or accompanied by shouting; noisy; loudly and persistently complaining, appealing, or demanding; urgently claiming attention.
Shakespeare As You Like It I will be..more clamorous than a parrot against rain. D. H. Lawrence Her voice was loud and clamorous. W. Styron The night was clamorous with frogs and katydids.
clamorously adverb M16.
clamorousness noun E17.