单词 | obstreperous |
释义 | obstreperousadj. 1. Clamorous, noisy; vociferous. Cf. obstropolous adj. 2.In later use rarely distinguished fully from sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > uproar or tumult obstreperousc1600 clamouring1635 panic1642 pandemoniana1788 rackety1787 fast and furious1790 uproarious1818 racketing1843 pandemoniacal1862 whooping1866 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adjective] > rowdy noise riotous?1456 obstreperousc1600 roaring1631 rory-tory1683 rackety1773 rowing1812 rowdyish1837 rowdy-dowy1852 rorty1899 rootin' tootin'1901 c1600 Timon (1980) i. ii. 6 Proceed'st thou still with thy ostreperous noyse? 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 66 Croaking Rauens..sate, all night, Beating the ayre with their obstreperous beakes. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lanc. 119 He..was very obstreperous in arguing the case for Transubstantiation. a1713 A. Pitcairne Assembly (1722) ii. i. 26 Must I give you Money ye Caterwouling obstreperous Villains, Baboons, to People who cannot play, go all of you. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋11 The most careless and obstreperous merriment. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. ii. 54 Clermont, with the most obstreperous laughter, made up to them. 1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! I. ix. 82 Reverend Lazarus Snortgrace, whose voice..towered above the uproar of obstreperous merriment which echoed through these vast solitudes. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. iv. 38 The obstreperous rhetoricians will plague me with their big words. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims v. 131 Obstreperous roarings of the throat. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. vi. 52 Whether they are playing a solo.., or pushing a ride-out chorus to its obstreperous end, their harmonic thinking is vertical. 1982 F. Raphael Byron 15 His mother's visits were obstreperous and embarrassing. 2. Noisily or aggressively resisting control, advice, etc.; turbulent, unruly; aggressive, argumentative, bad-tempered. Cf. obstropolous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] wildc1000 unthewedc1175 wanton?a1300 rabbisha1387 irregular1395 inordinate1398 unruly1400 misgoverned?a1425 misruled?a1425 misruly?a1425 unruleful1439 seditious1447 rulelessc1460 turbulous1527 undaunted1533 turbulent1538 unordinate1561 rowsey1565 misorderlya1568 disruly1570 rabbling1575 disorderous1579 irregulate1579 disorderly1585 break-dance1587 willyart?1590 unguided1600 inorderly1606 anarchial1609 irregulousa1616 unmasterlya1623 uncomposed1631 obstreperous1641 disriegled1657 ranting1658 rantipole1660 reuling1691 shandy1691 rumblegarie1722 randy1723 obstropolous1727 wanruly1773 polrumptious1787 ree-raw1800 rambunctious1830 roid1874 unordered1929 rogue1948 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious unpeaceablec1384 disputative1579 disputablea1616 disputeful1631 controversial1638 controversal1641 obstreperous1641 contradictive1643 disputing1645 controverting1646 chop-logicala1652 disputatious1660 argumentative1667 argumentive1668 disputant1671 contradictiousa1677 disceptatious1682 obstropolous1727 disceptatorial1821 contradictory1891 backtalking1938 1641 H. Burnell Landgartha iv. l. 35 The fall of your obstreperous passion, to Your Queene (sir) people take notice of. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 19 Superstitiously supercilious, immoraly obstreperous and most inevangelicly malevolous. 1715 L. Theobald tr. Aristophanes Plutus ii. i. 23 Thou abominable obstreperous Scoundrel, why dost thou clamour at us, that do thee no wrong? 1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One v. 78 Come, Sir, don't be obstreperous. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 2 Oct. (1941) 108 We dined at Wooler,..where an obstreperous horse retarded us for an hour at least. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time i. 4 Generally having my own way..and becoming remarkably obstreperous when thwarted. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xiii. 91 Ten fellows like you couldn't hold him..if he got obstreperous; an Irishman would have his hands full. 1992 Mother Jones May 62/2 If you're straight, it may be hard to understand the need for an obstreperous, in-your-face organization like Queer Nation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1600 |
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