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Obstreperous (?), 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.

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    Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson.

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    2. Resistant to control; unruly.

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    -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.

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