clamant
EN • English
//ˈklæmənt//
Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Urgent.
Translations:
adjective
#2Crying 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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