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CLANGOROUS

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clang⋅or

  [klang-er, klang-ger]
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–noun
1. a loud, resonant sound; clang.
2. clamorous noise.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make a clangor; clang.
Also, especially British, clangour.

Origin:
1585–95; < L: loud sound, noise, equiv. to clang(ere) to clang + -or -or 1

Related forms:
clang⋅or⋅ous, adjective
clang⋅or⋅ous⋅ly, adverb

Usage note:
See -our.
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clan·gor   (klāng'ər, klāng'gər)   
n.  

  1. A clang or repeated clanging.

  2. A loud racket; a din.

intr.v.   clan·gored, clan·gor·ing, clan·gors
To make a clangor.

[Latin, from clangere, to clang.]
clan'gor·ous adj., clan'gor·ous·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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