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Noisy defiance
Answer for the clue "Noisy defiance ", 16 letters:
obstreperousness
Word definitions for obstreperousness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob- ) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The obstreperous city.'' --Wordsworth. ...
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n. noisy defiance
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being obstreperous.
Usage examples of obstreperousness.
Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, Julian Schwinger, Freeman Dyson, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, and Feynman, to name a few, struggled relentlessly to find a mathematical formalism capable of dealing with this microscopic obstreperousness.