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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obstreperous /əbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs/
▶adjective noisy and difficult to control.
– derivatives
obstreperously adverb,
obstreperousness noun.
obstreperously adverb,
obstreperousness noun.
– origin C16: from L. obstreperus (from obstrepere, from ob- ‘against’ + strepere ‘make a noise’) + -ous.
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