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ob·strep·er·ous    Audio Help   [uhb-strep-er-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
2.noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L obstreperus clamorous, akin to obstrepere to make a noise at (ob- ob- + strepere to rattle); see -ous]

—Related forms
ob·strep·er·ous·ly, adverb
ob·strep·er·ous·ness, ob·strep·e·ros·i·ty    Audio Help   [uhb-strep-uh-ros-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. uncontrolled, refractory.
—Antonyms 1. obedient. 2. calm.
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ob·strep·er·ous    Audio Help   (ŏb-strěp'ər-əs, əb-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
  2. Aggressively boisterous.


[From Latin obstreperus, noisy, from obstrepere, to make a noise against : ob-, against; see ob- + strepere, to make a noise (of imitative origin).]

ob·strep'er·ous·ly adv., ob·strep'er·ous·ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
obstreperous 
1600, from L. obstreperus "clamorous," from obstrepere "drown with noise, oppose noisily," from ob "against" + strepere "make a noise," from PIE *strep-, said to be imitative.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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obstreperous

adjective
1. noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys" 
2. boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor" 

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Obstreperous

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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