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This week's theme Words to describe people This week's words contumacious lachrymose peripatetic obstreperous coeval Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Got a website? Free content for your site words, quotations & more Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg obstreperous PRONUNCIATION: (ob-STREP-uhr-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Noisy or unruly. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin obstreperus (clamorous), from ob- (against) + strepere (to make a noise). USAGE: "One email informs me of a friend's trepidation at having to undergo a stress test as recommended by her physician. And she is not referring to the stress associated with the presence of recalcitrant children and an obstreperous spouse." Vanaja Rao; That Sick Feeling; Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); Feb 5, 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It seems like the less a statesman amounts to the more he adores the flag. -Kin Hubbard, humorist (1868-1930)

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