a. [ad. mod.L. type *strepitōsus, f. L. strepitus noise, clatter, f. strepĕre to make a noise. Cf. It. strepitoso (used chiefly as musical term).] Noisy, accompanied with much noise. (Now used chiefly in musical criticism.)
1681. Nevile, Plato Rediv., 119. A poor Gentleman, who by means of the Harangue of a Strepitous Lawyer, was found guilty of Murder.
1854. Syd. Dobell, Balder, vii. 40. In louder progress strepitous so came The great approach.
1893. Guardian, 8 March, 382/3. The overture is very long, very ambitious, very strident, and—as the analyst would say—very ‘strepitous.’
1903. A. B. Walkley, Dram. Crit., 100. These are the people who are for ever talking as though action must be something external and strepitous.
