SuaviloquyToday’s word

clamor

Clamor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamoring.]

1. To salute loudly. [R.] The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton .

2. To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.

3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow. To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur

2 other Webster entries under this spelling

Clamor, n.

1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. Shak.

2. Any loud and continued noise. Addison.

3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

Clamor, v. i.

To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands. The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for clamor; he lists it under call.

Where he writes about it:

To clamor is to utter with noisy iteration; it applies also to the confused cries of a multitude. — from call