vociferation

[ voh-sif-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. noisy outcry; clamor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vociferation¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vōciferātiōn- (stem of vōciferātiō ), equivalent to vōciferāt ( us ) ( vociferate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Walshingham had seemed to win at the beginning, but finally Chitterlow had made a magnificent display of vociferation and swept him out of existence.

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But my brothers grew very angry with me, and the wilderness rang with their loud vociferations, so that I began to feel as if I were very wicked, although unable to perceive my error.

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For the time, thou wouldst have to undergo the disorder of his drunkenness, his vociferations, his folly.

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They were immediately pierced by numerous swords, amid the most frightful vociferations.

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Without wasting time or breath in contradicting these unjust and lying vociferations of my private enemies, I made my mind up to obtain possession of my house by all the straightforward means in my power.

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