clamour

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clamour

  • /ˈklæm.ə/ UK
  • /ˈklæm.ɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun clamours · clamor

  1. countable, uncountable UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor. Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.

verb clamours · clamouring · clamoured · clamor

  1. UK 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
  2. obsolete, transitive To salute loudly. At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,
  3. obsolete, transitive To stun with noise. Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.
  4. obsolete, transitive To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

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