vociferous
English
Etymology
From Latin vociferari (“shout, yell”), from vox (“voice”) + ferre (“to carry”) (see infer). Surface analysis is voice + -iferous.
Adjective
vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)
- Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
- 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, ch. 17:
- They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.
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Translations
making a noisy outcry
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References
- vociferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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