streperous

English

Etymology

From Latin streperus, from strepere. See strepent, and compare obstreperous.

Adjective

streperous (comparative more streperous, superlative most streperous)

  1. loud; boisterous
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for streperous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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