Definition of Obstriperous
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise
*"The obstreperous mirth turned, with ludicrous swiftness, to yells of dismay."
- Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
- Aggressively boisterous.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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