Clarioned

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A loud and clear public announcement is expressed through a trumpet-like device
2. To make a message or call loudly and distinctly, resembling the sound of a trumpet
3. To proclaim something with a strong, clear, and piercing tone that attracts attention

Etymology: The word began as a trumpet. Medieval Latin "clario" named a shrill, narrow-tubed horn, and it passed into Middle English as "clarion" through Old French "claron." The Latin root "clārus" meant loud and carrying as well as bright, so the sense of sound and the sense of brightness were both present from the start. The verb grew out of the noun. Middle English "clariounen" meant to blow or sound a horn, formed by adding the verb ending "-en" to "clarioun." Later uses may have been formed straight from the noun, so the sense of loudly announcing something came after the instrument itself was already the picture in people's minds. Used as a verb, "clarioned" carries that trumpet call into speech: to announce something so that it cannot be missed.

Synonyms: proclaimed, announced, declared, heralded, broadcast