clamant

ENEnglish
//ˈklæmənt//

Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

Urgent.

Translations:
adjective
#2

Crying earnestly; beseeching clamorously.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

The concoctions contrived by Italians were particularly in clamant demand, while the occult sciences of astrology and alchemy lent their support[.]

1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 190:

clamant children

a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

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