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clamant

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cla⋅mant

  [kley-muhnt, klam-uhnt]
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–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

Related forms:
cla⋅mant⋅ly, adverb
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cla·mant   (klā'mənt, klām'ənt)   
adj.  

  1. Clamorous; loud.

  2. Demanding attention; pressing.


[Latin clāmāns, clāmant-, present participle of clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
cla'mant·ly adv.
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