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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

obstreperous clamorous, noisy XVI; unruly, turbulent XVII. f. L. obstreperus, f. obstrepere shout at, oppose noisily, f. OB- + strepere make a noise.

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