vociferous

English

Etymology

From Latin vōcifer + -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊˈsɪfəɹəs/, /vəˈsɪfəɹəs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈsɪfəɹəs/

Adjective

vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)

1. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
   • 1909, Ralph Connor, chapter 17, in The Foreigner:

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

   • 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York:

     No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one.

   • 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.

2. Vocally and forcefully opinionated.
   • 1976 December 25, Alan Bowne, “Lesbians Rising Makes an Impact at Hunter”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10:

     Lesbians Rising […] is known as one of the most vociferous groups working against social oppression of minority interests on campus.

   Not even the most vociferous advocates of reform were willing to go to such lengths.

Synonyms

• noisy
• voiceful

Derived terms

• vociferously
• vociferousness

Related terms

• vocal
• vociferation

Translations

making a noisy outcry

• Bulgarian: крещящ (bg) (kreštjašt)
• Czech: hlučný (cs) m
• Dutch: luidruchtig (nl)
• Finnish: äänekäs (fi), kovaääninen (fi), meluisa (fi)
• French: vociférateur (fr), bruyant (fr)
• Georgian: ხმაურიანი (xmauriani), ხმამაღალი (xmamaɣali), მყვირალა (mq̇virala)
• German: lautstark (de)
• Greek: κραυγαλέος (el) m (kravgaléos), ηχηρός (el) m (ichirós)
• Irish: ardghlórach
• Maori: nganangana
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: høyrøstet

  Norwegian Nynorsk: høgrøysta

• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرخان (çağırgan)
• Persian: پر سر و صدا (por sar-o-sedâ)
• Russian: кричащий (ru) (kričaščij), громогласный (ru) (gromoglasnyj)
• Swedish: högljudd (sv), högröstad (sv)

References

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