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vociferous

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vo⋅cif⋅er⋅ous

  [voh-sif-er-uhs]
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–adjective
1. crying out noisily; clamorous.
2. characterized by or uttered with vociferation: a vociferous manner of expression.
Origin:
1605–15; vocifer(ant) + -ous

Related forms:
vo⋅cif⋅er⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
vo⋅cif⋅er⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. loud, noisy, vocal, uproarious, boisterous.
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vo·cif·er·ous   (vō-sĭf'ər-əs)   
adj.  Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
vo·cif'er·ous·ly adv., vo·cif'er·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints.
Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "Up rose a blatant Radical" (Walter Bagehot).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths.
Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice.
Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

vociferous 
1611, from L. vociferari "to shout, yell," from vox (gen. vocis) "voice" + root of ferre "to carry" (see infer). A noun form, vociferation, is recorded from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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