vociferation

See also: vocifération

WOTD – 1 January 2010

English

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vōciferātiō, from vōciferor (“shout”), from vōx (“voice”) + ferō (“carry”); compare French vocifération.

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vociferation (plural vociferations)

The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter III, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
  And as she apprehended the boy's life was in danger, she screamed ten times louder than before; and indeed Master Blifil himself now seconded her with all the vociferation in his power.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
  Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.

act of exclaiming; violent outcry