clamour

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

clamour, n. and v. 

 same as clamor.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

clamour, n. & v. (US clamor)
--n.
1 loud or vehement shouting or noise.
2 a protest or complaint; an appeal or demand.
--v.
1 intr. make a clamour.
2 tr. utter with a clamour.

Derivative

clamorous adj. clamorously adv. clamorousness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L clamor -oris f. clamare cry out