OBSTREPEROUS, OBSTREPEROUSNESS
ADJECTIVES
1725 ► ABSTREPOLOUS → ABSTREPULOUS → OBSTREPOLOUS → OBSTREPULOUS → OBSTROPALOUS → OBSTROPULOUS → OBTREPERLOUS → UPSTROPOLIS → UPSTROPPELOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control
M18. ► OBSTRIPEROUS → OBSTROPEROUS → OBSTROPOLIS → OBTROPOLOUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly → sl.
1790 ► POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident → Eng. dial.
1795 ► RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent → Eng. dial. & colloq.
1830 ► OBSTRAPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate → Sc.
1832 ► OUTSTROPOLOUS outrageous, unruly, obstreperous → Sc. obs.
1864 ► MAROONJUS → MORUNGEOUS harsh, stern; outrageous; obstreperous, → Sc.
1866 ► RAMBUMPTIOUS → RAMBUNKSHUS → RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous → Amer. dial.
1891 ► LOBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, loud, noisy, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1905 ► OBSTRACKLOUS obstreperous, wayward, masterful → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1930 ► OBSTROCULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control; disorderly, unruly→ Aust. sl.
NOUNS
1828 ► OBSTRAPULOSITY obstreperousness, restiveness, resistance → Sc.
VERBS
1960 ► RALLY to have a good time; to act utterly madly, drunkenly, or obstreperously; to party → US students’ sl.
1984 ► COME THE CUNT → COME THE OLD CUNT to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant → UK sl.