clamant

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More "clamant" than carmine, vermilion, crimson, Costlier than diamond or ultramarine— A deuce of a theme to chant lyrics or hymns on, Or rummage for orotund "rot," is Ruthene.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

As he did so, the bird whistled again, with precisely the note of a police-whistle blown under the stress of fear, excitement or anger, a clamant, bodeful, and insistent signal.

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

Yells and loud whistles rose clamant in the air, and his own name was shouted to and fro.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur

Among the most distressing and clamant cases which came before him was the great Convict Settlement in the Andaman Islands, in which the mortality amounted in 1867 to over 101 per thousand.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

The fallen aristocrat still clinging to his pointless distinction is surely the most pitiful creature of pretence in all this clamant universe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)