clamant
cla·mant
adjective \ˈklā-mənt, ˈkla-\Definition of CLAMANT
Examples of CLAMANT
- <clamant students gathered outside the college president's office, protesting the denial of tenure for the popular professor>
- <faced with utter bankruptcy, she didn't think that moist skin was one of her clamant needs at that moment>
Origin of CLAMANT
Latin clamant-, clamans, present participle of clamare to cry out
First Known Use: 1639
Related to CLAMANT
- Synonyms
- blatant, caterwauling, vociferous, clamorous, obstreperous, squawking, vociferant, vociferating, yawping (or yauping), yowling
- Antonyms
- noncritical, nonurgent
Rhymes with CLAMANT
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