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tocsin

[ tok-sin ]

noun

  1. a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
  2. a bell used to sound an alarm.


tocsin

/ ˈ³ÙÉ’°ì²õɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. an alarm or warning signal, esp one sounded on a bell
  2. an alarm bell
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tocsin1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Middle French, from ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô tocasenh, literally, “(it) strikes (the) bell,†equivalent to toca, 3rd-person singular present of tocar “to strike, touch †+ senh “b±ð±ô±ô, sign â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tocsin1

C16: from French, from Old French toquassen, from Old ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô tocasenh, from tocar to touch + senh bell, from Latin signum
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Still, few poems are more famous than “The Raven†with its dolorous tocsin, “Nevermore.â€

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All over Europe and the United States, political scientists were sounding the tocsin for any balanced, values-based politics.

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We have grabbed onto that great tocsin of American freedom and will not surrender it -- even if too many millions of white Americans have discarded it for cheaply made "MAGA" hats.

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It blazed deep red for a moment and then dwindled into a patch of gray smoke, but it was a signal as clear as a tocsin in the night.

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These statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury.

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