STREPEROUSADJ.
noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous ...1637 obs. ETYMOLOGY from medieval Latin streperus, noisy from strepere, to make a noise FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1637 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE :...When Triton with his pearly trumpets blew A streperous blast, to summon all the crew..." From: Londini Speculum: or. Londons Mirror By: Thomas Heywood, 1637 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, 1827
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