See Also: kierie(dictionary)

vociferous (iou) and kierie (iou)


vociferous (iou)



vociferous adjective. E17.
[from Latin vociferari VOCIFERATE + -OUS.]
Uttering or characterized by loud cries or shouts; clamorous, noisy; insistently and forcibly expressing one's views, outspoken, vocal.
T. C. Wolfe Shouting vociferous gayeties at Mr. Logan. Insight A vociferous opponent of deregulation in the 1970s.
vocife'rosity noun (rare) vociferousness M19.
vociferously adverb E19.
vociferousness noun M19.

kierie (iou)



kierie noun. S. Afr. Also (earlier) kirri. M18.
[Nama.]
A short club or knobbed stick used as a weapon by indigenous peoples of South Africa. Cf. KNOBKERRIE.