Category:Obstreperous

Ob*strep"er*ous, a. Etym: [l. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a Noise at; ob (see ob-) + strepere to make a noise.]

Defn: 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.