Ob‐strep″er‐ous (?), a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. “The obstreperous city.” Wordsworth. “Obstreperous approbation.” Addison.
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson.
— Ob‐strep″er‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ob‐strep″er‐ous‐ness, n.