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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : voh-sif-er-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : voʊˈsɪf ər əs |
Definition of vociferous
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin vociferari "to shout, yell," from vox (genitive vocis) "voice" + root of ferre "to carry" (see infer). Related: Vociferating.
- adj loud, insistent
- Stevens stopped abruptly and stared at the vociferous sounder.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- There was no doubt of it, the Spaniards had halted after their vociferous cheers.
- Extract from : « A Prisoner of Morro » by Upton Sinclair
- Ahead, behind, to right and left, everything that could toot was busy and vociferous.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- The cowboy subsided, then burst into vociferous demands for a bed.
- Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
- They made me repeat the lines, and were vociferous in praise of them.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
- Col. Troup's mare—Trombine—had her partisans who were also vociferous.
- Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
- Lodloe looked at the open mouth of the vociferous infant and saw teeth.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel Inn » by Frank R. Stockton
- The streets and quays swarm with the most vociferous, dirty, multitudinous life.
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Harvey drew up the colt beside Patience with a vociferous “Whoa.”
- Extract from : « Little Lost Sister » by Virginia Brooks
- The noisiest things there were the bulls, and they were vociferous and huge.
- Extract from : « Just Irish » by Charles Battell Loomis
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