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obstreperous, a.|əbˈstrɛpərəs|
Also 7 os-; (humorous or illiterate, chiefly in sense 2) 8 ab-, obstrepolous, -ulous, 8–9 obstropalous, -olous, -ulous, 9 obstreperlous.
[f. L. obstreper-us clamorous (f. obstrep-ĕre to make a noise against, shout at, oppose noisily or troublesomely) + -ous.]
1. Characterized by great noise or outcry, esp. in opposition; clamorous, noisy; vociferous.
Quot. 1922 is ellipt. for ‘obstreperous mouth’.
c1600Timon i. ii. (1842) 6 Proceed'st thou still with thy ostreperous noyse. 1603B. Jonson Sejanus v. iii, They [ravens] sate all night, Beating the ayre with their obstreperous beakes. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 211 He..was very obstreperous in arguing the case for transubstantiation. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. viii. (1804) 41, I heard him very obstropulous in his sleep. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 89 ⁋11 The most careless and obstreperous merriment. 1824J. Wight Mornings at Bow St. 155 They were forthwith conveyed to the watch-house, and there they conducted themselves so ‘obstropolously’, that the constable of the night found it necessary to have them put down below. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 51 The obstreperous rhetoricians will plague me with their big words. 1875Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims v. 131 Obstreperous roarings of the throat. 1922Joyce Ulysses 420 Hark! Shut your obstropolos.
2. Resisting control, management, advice, etc., in a noisy manner; turbulent or unruly in behaviour, esp. in resistance.
1657[see obstreperousness]. 1727Philip Quarll 105 Fearing she would grow obstrepulous, they each of 'em took hold of one of her Arms. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. iii, I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle..in this obstropalous manner. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. (ed. 3) III. 5 You have been quite obstropulous; no getting any food into your mouth but by force. 1827Scott Diary 2 Oct. in Lockhart, We dined at Wooler, where an obstreperous horse retarded us for an hour at least. 1874Burnand My time i. 4 Generally having my own way..and becoming remarkably obstreperous when thwarted. 1881Macm. Mag. Nov. 40 The most obstreperous and unmanageable of all young merlins. |