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cla·mant

Audio Help [kley-muh

nt, klam-uh

–adjective

1.	clamorous; noisy.

2.	compelling or pressing; urgent: a clamant need for reform.

[Origin: 1630–40; < L clāmant- (s. of clāmāns, prp. of clāmāre to shout), equiv. to clām- (see claim) + -ant- -ant

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—Related forms

cla·mant·ly, adverb

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cla·mant Audio Help (klā'mənt, klām'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

[Latin clāmāns, clāmant-, present participle of clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

cla'mant·ly adv.

clamant
adjective
1.	conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant]
2.	demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

Clamant

Claim"ant\, n. [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf. Clamant.] One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.