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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

obstreperus

, from

obstrepere

to make a noise at;

(see

) +

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

Noun.

Adj.

[L. obstreperus, from obstrepo, to roar; ob and strepo.]

Loud; noisy; clamorous; vociferous; making a tumultuous noise.

The players do not only connive at his obstreperous approbation, but repair at their own cost whatever damages he makes.