vociferation

See also: vocifération

English

WOTD – 1 January 2010

Etymology

From Latin vōciferātiō, from vōciferor (“shout”), from vōx (“voice”) + ferō (“carry”); compare French vocifération.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vəʊˌsɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /voʊˌsɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

vociferation (plural vociferations)

1. 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 […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

     Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vociferation.

Related terms

• vociferate
• vociferative
• vociferous
• vociferously

Translations

act of exclaiming; violent outcry

• Bulgarian: крясък (bg) (krjasǎk), крещене (kreštene)
• Catalan: vociferació f
• Finnish: huuto (fi)
• French: vocifération (fr) f
• Italian: urla (it)
• Latin: vōciferātiō f
• Polish: krzyk (pl) m
• Romanian: vociferare (ro) f
• Russian: крик (ru) (krik), шум (ru) (šum)
• Spanish: vociferación