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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

bruyant

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bru-yant

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Streperous/ˈstrɛp.ər.əs/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La manifestation est devenue très bruyante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Noisy, turbulent, and boisterous; making a loud and confused din.

    "The streperous crowd outside the courthouse demanded immediate answers from the officials."
  2. 2

    Characterized by stubborn resistance to authority; refractory or unruly.

    "The committee meeting devolved into chaos due to the streperous members who refused to follow the agenda."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin adjective 'streperus' (noisy, clamorous), stemming from the verb 'strepere' (to make a noise or din). It entered the English language in the 17th century, retaining its classical meaning relating to loud, turbulent, or boisterous behavior.

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