OBSTREPEROUS

obstreperous. Obstreperous, a. noisy, loud, bawling, clamorous

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Ob‐strep″er‐ous (?), a. [[L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise.]] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. “The obstreperous city.” Wordsworth. “Obstreperous approbation.” Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson. — Ob‐strep″er‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ob‐strep″er‐ous‐ness, n.