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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
clamant is an adjective meaning "conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry". It carries 2 recorded senses.
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
“blatant radios”
“a clamorous uproar”
“strident demands”
“a vociferous mob”
demanding attention
“clamant needs”
“a crying need”
“regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”
“insistent hunger”
“an instant need”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for clamant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.