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Meaning of obstropulous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/ɒbˈstɹɒp.jʊl.əs/

Definitions

Synonym of obstreperous.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“And you know, Jack (as we told him, moreover), that it was a shame to manhood, for a man, who had served twenty and twenty women as bad or worse, let him have served Miss Harlowe never so bad, should give himself such obstropulous airs, because she would die […]”
“He was thoroughly obstropulous to me last week!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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