Meanings
- rareuncountableVociferation; clamour, noise.
All now is wrangle, abuse, and vociferance— / Now there's a truce, all's subdued, self-restraining— […]
1855, Robert Browning, “Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 15, page 199
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinvōciferor“shout”
- Englishvociferance
From Latin vōciferor (“shout”), from vōx (“voice”) + ferō (“carry”).
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