Meanings
adjectiveobstropolous (comparative more obstropolous, superlative most obstropolous)
comparative more obstropolous · superlative most obstropolous
- alternativeAlternative form of obstropulous.
So, as he was goin’ on a war-expedition in his canoe, he left her to think about it, sayin’ he’d be back in six months or so, when he hoped she wouldn’t be so obstropolous.
1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island
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