clamant

cla·mant  (klmnt, klmnt)

adj.

1. Clamorous; loud.

2. Demanding attention; pressing.

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[Latin clmns, clmant-, present participle of clmre, to cry out; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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clamant·ly adv.

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clamant [ˈkleɪmənt]

adj

1. noisy

2. calling urgently

[from Latin clāmāns, from clāmāre to shout]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	clamant - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" clamorous, strident, vociferous, blatant noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
	2.	clamant - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" crying, exigent, insistent, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"