Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Obstreperous

Obstreperous , adjective

[Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise.]

1.
Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
The obstreperous city. — Wordsworth
Obstreperous approbation. — Addison
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. — B. Jonson
2.
Resistant to control; unruly.