Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vociferate

/vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vo-cif-er-ate
IPA: /vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cry out with vehemence

Intransitive verb

verb

To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,"
"He then began to vociferate pretty loudly, and at last an old woman, opening an upper casement, asked, Who they were, and what they wanted?"
"Though he may vociferate the word liberty."
"At the end of this period she found speech. “Of all the damn silly fatheaded things!” she vociferated, if that's the word. [...] something had occurred to wake the fiend that slept in him. “Dahlia!” he ... yes better make it vociferated once more, I'm pretty sure it's the word I want."

Etymology

From Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (“to vociferate”), from vox, vocis (“voice”) + ferre (“to bear”). See voice, and bear (“to carry”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *wekʷ-, vociferatus

Usage

Inflected Forms

vociferates (present, singular) vociferating (participle, present) vociferated (participle, past) vociferated (past)

Derived Forms

vociferator

Synonyms

exclaim bawl clamor shout out

Questions

How do you pronounce vociferate?: The recorded pronunciation is /vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/.
What does vociferate mean?: To cry out with vehemence
Where does vociferate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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