obstropolous
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]obstropolous (comparative more obstropolous, superlative most obstropolous)
- Alternative form of obstropulous
- 1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island:
- 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.
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary