obstreperus

== Latin == === Etymology === From obstrepō (“roar, resound; clamor; annoy; make a noise against”) + -us. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈstrɛ.pɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈstrɛː.pe.rus] === Adjective === obstreperus (feminine obstrepera, neuter obstreperum); first/second-declension adjective Clamorous, chirping, noisy. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (clamorous): clāmātōrius ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “clamorous, noisy”): tranquillus ==== Related terms ==== obstrepitāculum obstrepitō obstrepō ==== Descendants ==== → English: obstreperous → Scots: abstrakalous → Spanish: obstrépero === References === “obstreperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obstreperus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.