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单词 obstreperous
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obstreperousadj.

Brit. /əbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs/, /ɒbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /əbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs/, /ɑbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs/
Forms: 1600s ostreperous, 1600s– obstreperous, 1700s–1800s obstroperous, 1800s obstriperous (U.S. regional).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obstreperus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstreperus clamorous (2nd cent. a.d.; < obstrepere to make a noise against, shout at, oppose noisily or troublesomely < ob- ob- prefix + strepere to make a noise: see strepent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare later streperous adj. Compare also obstropolous adj.
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).
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