Dictionary entry

Vociferation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vo‐cif′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F. vocifération.] The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant. Spectator.

Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain. Byron.