polyphloisboisterousadj.
/ˌpɒlɪflɔɪzˈbɔɪst(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliflɔɪzˈbɔɪst(ə)rəs/ humorous.
Noisy; boisterous.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy
fervent1465
brawlinga1568
baw-waw1570
rouncing?1576
ruff-raff1582
reirding1591
wrangling1608
perstreperous1629
ran-tan1630
streperous1637
clamant1639
chiding1648
loudmouth1668
noisy1675
noise-making1678
strepitous1681
dinsome1724
strepent1750
dinny1768
loud-mouthing1788
dinning1813
blatant1816
noisome1825
strepitant1855
polyphloisboisterousa1875
noisesome1925
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] > boisterously lively
exuberant?1504
flagartie1535
unsober1542
unstaida1557
coltisha1586
skittisha1592
unsettled1594
untameful1607
tearing1654
boisterousa1683
rackety1773
rumbustiousa1777
ranty1783
polrumptious1787
spanking1801
flisky1807
uproarious1819
unplacid1825
skylarking1826
fizzy1855
polyphloisboisterousa1875
polyphloisbic1915
raucous1919
boysy1921
bang-about1933
Tigger-like1974
a1875 J. D. Lester in Prize Transl., Poems, & Parodies (1881) 86 Polyphloisboisteros Homer of old Threw all his augments into the sea.
1945 Greece & Rome 14 18 One needs if not the mysterious ear of the musician at least a mind not deaf to the poluphloisboisterous sea, the bellowing of bulls, [etc.].
1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 1194/1 There is a chapter on..the identity and domicile of the beefy and polyphloisboisterous Agnes Flack.
1999 D. R. Slavitt tr. Valerius Flaccus Voy. Argo viii. 160 The upward splashing of salty spume from the polyphloisboisterous sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1875