Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Noise suggestive of tumult.
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Examples
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Paleness sits on every face; confused tremor and fremescence; waxing into thunder-peals, of Fury stirred on by Fear.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Egged on by fremescence around the globe, decisions aimed at reducing international trade will have, as they did in the 1930s, counterproductive results.
whichbe commented on the word fremescence
The grumbling sound of an unhappy mob of people. (From Grandiloquent Dictionary)
June 6, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word fremescence
JM listens to the increasing fremescence leading up to the election
March 1, 2009
qms commented on the word fremescence
A murmur unnoticed before
Now hubbub that’s hard to ignore.
A growing fremescence,
A kind of tumescence,
That swells to a mighty uproar.
November 2, 2017