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OBSTREPEROUS
Definition:
Noisy and difficult to control.
Examples:
"My toddlers were so obstreperous that I started to wish I’d become a nun."
“After two margaritas, she became obstreperous and insisted on singing karaoke at full volume.”
Etymology:
From Latin obstrepere (“to make a noise”), from ob- (“against”) + strepere (“to make a noise”).
First appeared in English in the late 16th century.
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