vociferant

[ voh-sif-er-uhnt ]

adjective

1. vociferating; noisy.

noun

1. a person who vociferates.

vociferant

/ vəʊˈsɪfərənt /

adjective

1. a less common word for vociferous

noun

1. rare.
   a vociferous person

Derived Forms

• voˈciferance, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vociferant¹

1600–10; < Latin vōciferant- (stem of vōciferāns ), present participle of vociferārī to vociferate; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of vociferant¹

C17: from Latin vōciferārī to bawl; see vociferate

Example Sentences

My mind was full of the scene I had left, That placid flock, that pastor vociferant, —How this outside was pure and different!

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The night life of any dockside is as vociferant as the day.

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She sat, with her vociferant Twins, And thanked the man of One Lame Leg.

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Vociferant læti, procul et si proelia, sive 50 Hostem incautum atsito possint shootere salvi; Imperiique capaces, esset si stylus agmen, Pro dulci spoliabant et sine dangere fito.

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Some other friend had given his boys a "vociferant burro."

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Related Words

• clamorous
• loud
• rambunctious
• raucous
• riotous
• rollicking
• rowdy
• strident
• unruly
• uproarious
• vociferous