To: Red Badger
Obstreperous: I had to look it up.
ob·strep·er·ous
/əbˈstrep(ə)rəs/
adjective
adjective: obstreperous
noisy and difficult to control.
20 posted on
02/07/2024 1:11:14 PM PST by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Magnum44
One of the college room-mates would scold the cat for being obstreperous. Cat didn’t care.
49 posted on
02/07/2024 2:43:30 PM PST by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Magnum44
Looks like the right word for this case. Sure don’t see it much. Good thing, because I don’t think I could say it right.
To: Magnum44
I had nearly forgotten that word, but now it’s definitely coming back.
52 posted on
02/07/2024 3:05:07 PM PST by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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