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Hardcastle, that was here awhile ago, in this obstropalous manner.
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I want no such acquaintance, not I. Im sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle, that was here awhile ago, in this obstropalous manner.
Act the Third 1909
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I'm sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle, that was here awhile ago, in this obstropalous manner.
She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1752
brtom commented on the word obstropalous
" I’m sure you did not treat Miss Hardcastle, that was here awhile ago, in this obstropalous manner. "
Goldsmith, She Stoops, III
January 11, 2007
satinna commented on the word obstropalous
What does obstropalous mean? Please leave a comment if you know the meaning of this word. I need the answer for a report in college. I need the answer by Thursday.
Thank you for your help in advance.
October 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word obstropalous
I'm struggling to find any occurrence of it beyond the citation listed below. There, it appears to be either a quaint archaic variant of or a malapropism of obstreperous.
October 7, 2009
mollusque commented on the word obstropalous
It's a thousand pities she can't keep on goin' to school," said Mrs. Jones; "if 'twarn't for the trouble of lookin' arter her, I wouldn't mind givin' her her wittles, but such gals is so obstropalous."
--Mrs. E. Little, 1846, "Riches without Wings", The Ladies' Wreath 1: 309
October 7, 2009
mollusque commented on the word obstropalous
Satinna, you'll find it listed under obstropolous in OED2. It's also defined in A Supplementary English Glossary by T. Lewis and O. Davies (1881).
October 7, 2009