Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vociferation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vociferation \Vo*cif`er*a"tion\, n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F.
vocif['e]ration.]
The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance
of the voice.
Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the
hearts of the ignorant. --Spectator.
Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of
emotion or of pain. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vociferation
n : a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of
the audience" [syn: {cry}, {outcry}, {call}, {yell}, {shout}]
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