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obstropolous

obstropolous is the alternative form of obstropulous.

Meaning of obstropulous

Adjective

obstropulous (comparative more obstropulous, superlative most obstropulous)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of obstreperous.
    • 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 […]1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, volume IX
    Synonyms:
    obstreperous

Forms of obstropolous

comparativemore obstropolous
superlativemost obstropolous

Questions about obstropolous

What is obstropolous the alternative form of?
Obstropolous is the alternative form of obstropulous.

Words near obstropolous in the dictionary

  1. obstreperousness
  2. obstriction
  3. obstrictions
  4. obstringed
  5. obstropalous
  6. obstropolous
  7. obstropulous
  8. obstropulousness
  9. obstruct
  10. obstruct the field
  11. obstructable

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