To save all from having to look up a dictionary:
ob·strep·er·ous (b-strpr-s, b-)
adj.
Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
Aggressively boisterous.
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[From Latin obstreperus, noisy, from obstrepere, to make a noise against : ob-, against; see ob- + strepere, to make a noise (of imitative origin).]
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ob·streper·ous·ly adv.
ob·streper·ous·ness n.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
PS - I loved Ziroc's
post on Mr Big Bagger or Reggab Gib or whatever he chooses to call himself - he's bagged!...
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"Butt-kicking for goodness!" - Minsc
"Cities always teem with evil and decay. Let's give it a good shake and SEE WHAT FALLS OUT!!" - Minsc
