Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clamant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clamant \Cla"mant\, a. [L. clamans, p. pr. of clamare to call.
Cf. {Claimant}.]
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. ``Clamant
children.'' --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clamant
adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar";
"strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {blatant},
{clamorous}, {strident}, {vociferous}]
2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: {crying},
{exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
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