clamour meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

clamour

noun

UK /ˈklæm.ə/ · US /ˈklæm.ɚ/

Etymology From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 17:

verb

Etymology From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:

Obsolete To salute loudly.

At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 94, lines 621–622:

Obsolete To stun with noise.

Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Counsel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

Obsolete To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.