clamant

2 definitions found

clamant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clamant \Cla"mant\, a. [L. clamans, p. pr. of clamare to call.
     Cf. Claimant.]
     Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. "Clamant children."
     --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

clamant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clamant
      adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
             outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
             demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant,
             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:
         clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]