obstreperous

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.
  2. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).

Vertalings

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin obstreperus, first attested circa 17th c. Compare obstropulous.

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