vociferous

English

Etymology

From Latin vociferari (“shout, yell”), from vox (“voice”) + ferre (“to carry”) (see infer). Surface analysis is voice +‎ -iferous.

Adjective

vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)

1. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Hearts' threat had not evaporated, though, and Templeton fired a yard over the bar before the home fans and players made vociferous handball claims against Jamie Carragher, which were ignored by referee Florian Meyer.

   • 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, ch. 17:

     They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.

Synonyms

• noisy

Derived terms

Terms derived from vociferous

• vociferously

• vociferousness

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to vociferous

• vocal

• vociferation

Translations

making a noisy outcry

• Czech: hlučný (cs) m
• Dutch: luidruchtig (nl)
• Finnish: äänekäs (fi), kovaääninen (fi), meluisa (fi)
• Georgian: ხმაურიანი (xmauriani), ხმამაღალი (xmamaɣali), მყვირალა (mq̇virala)
• Greek: κραυγαλέος (el) m (kravgaléos), ηχηρός (el) m (ichirós)
• Irish: ardghlórach
• Maori: nganangana
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• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: høyrøstet

  Norwegian Nynorsk: høgrøysta

• Persian: پر سر و صدا (por sar-o-sedâ)
• Swedish: högljudd (sv), högröstad

References

• “vociferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.