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11loudly — adverb 1. with relatively high volume (Freq. 10) the band played loudly she spoke loudly and angrily he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him cried aloud for help • Syn: ↑loud, ↑aloud …
12obstreperous — adjective Etymology: Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob against + strepere to make a noise Date: circa 1600 1. marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness ; clamorous < obstreperous merriment > 2. stubbornly resistant to… …
13Walter Passmore — Life and careerEarly careerWalter Henry Passmore was born in London and became a choirboy at All Saints Church in Notting Hill. On Christmas morning 1881 he sang in The Messiah , and the following day he made his first professional stage… …
14obstreperousness — See obstreperously. * * * …
15toper — noun /ˈtəʊpə/ Someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard. The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously …
16loudly — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. audibly, vociferously, ringingly, fully, powerfully, crashingly, shrilly, deafeningly, piercingly, resonantly, emphatically, vehemently, thunderingly, ear splittingly, in a full toned voice, full sounding, articulately,… …
17obstreperous — ob|strep|e|rous [əbˈstrepərəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: obstreperus, from obstrepere to shout against ] noisy and refusing to do what someone asks →↑awkward >obstreperously adv …
18obstreperous — (adj.) c.1600, from L. obstreperus clamorous, from obstrepere drown with noise, oppose noisily, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + strepere make a noise, from PIE *strep , said to be imitative (Cf. L. stertare to snore, O.N …
19bulling — n Irish behaving aggressively, obstreperously …
20obstreperous — [əb strɛp(ə)rəs] adjective noisy and difficult to control. Derivatives obstreperously adverb obstreperousness noun Origin C16: from L. obstreperus (from obstrepere, from ob against + strepere make a noise ) + ous …
