obstreperous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OBSTREP'EROUS, adjective [Latin 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.
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