clamant

Latin clāmāns, present participle of clāmō (“yell”). Doublet of claimant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæmənt/, /ˈkleɪmənt/

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• Rhymes: -æmənt, -eɪmənt

clamant (comparative more clamant, superlative most clamant)

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

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

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

     clamant children

• calmant

clamant

1. gerund of clamar

clamant

1. present participle of clamer

• calmant

clāmant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of clāmō

• cleimant
• clammant
• claimant

clamant

1. present participle of clamer

clamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural clamanz or clamantz, nominative singular clamanz or clamantz, nominative plural clamant)

1. A claimant

clamant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clamant or clamante)

1. sounding (making a specific sound)