obstropolous

English

Adjective

obstropolous (comparative more obstropolous, superlative most obstropolous)

  1. 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

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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