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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see {Ob-}) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city."
--Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] -- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Ob*strep"er*ous*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obstreperous
adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"
2: boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous
clamor"
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