clamant

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Among their clamant red and yellow laurel and rhododendron showed glossy green, and added to the gay tapestry.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

Now he sorted all he had heard out on a system based on an intimate knowledge of his fellow-countrymen's methods in the face of clamant danger.

From Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)

More "clamant" than carmine, vermilion, crimson, Costlier than diamond or ultramarine— A deuce of a theme to chant lyrics or hymns on, Or rummage for orotund "rot," is Ruthene.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

The clamant abuse of putting mere clerks and sextons to do the work of priests was also now put a stop to, and training in clerical seminaries or academies was made compulsory.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

The fallen aristocrat still clinging to his pointless distinction is surely the most pitiful creature of pretence in all this clamant universe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)