vociferation

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There was a great deal of jabbering, vociferation, and action, but neither of them struck or hurt the other.

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  1. The act of vociferating; noisy exclamation; violent outcry; clamor. His excuses were over-ruled by a great majority, and with much vociferation. Goldsmith, Clubs. Distinguished by his violent vociferation, and repeated imprecations upon the king and the conquerors. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 333.

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  1. from French vociférations, plural, = Spanish vociferacion =Portuguese vociferação = Italian vociferazionc, from Latin vociferatio(n-), clamor, outcry, from vociferari, cry out: see vociferate.
 

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