CLAMOUR

clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry

(noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people; “he ignored the clamor of the crowd”

clamor, clamour

(verb) make loud demands; “he clamored for justice and tolerance”

clamor, clamour

(verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; “The delegates clamored their disappointment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

clamour (countable and uncountable, plural clamours)

British spelling and Canadian alternative spelling of clamor

Verb

clamour (third-person singular simple present clamours, present participle clamouring, simple past and past participle clamoured)

British and Canadian alternative spelling of clamor

(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.

(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.

(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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