ETYMOLOGY
from Latin obstreperus (clamorous);
from obstrepere (to make a noise against, shout at, oppose noisily or troublesomely) + -ate
EXAMPLE
“… ——Get on with you, said the abbess.
——Wh – – – – – ysh——ysh——cried Margarita.
Sh – – – a——shu – u——shu – – u—sh – – aw——shaw’d the abbess.
——Whu—v—w—whew—w—w—whuv’d Margarita, pursing up her sweet lips betwixt a hoot and a whistle.
Thump—thump—thump—obstreperated the abbess of Andoüillets with the end of her gold-headed cane against the bottom of the calesh——
The old mule let a f—...”
From: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman
By Laurence Sterne, 1765
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