Both Uses
obnoxious
in
M. Butterfly
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- This, from a contemporary critic's commentary on Madame Butterfly: "Pinkerton suffers from ...being an obnoxious bounder whom every man in the audience itches to kick."†
p. 35.2 *obnoxious = rude or unpleasant
- So a girl can tell the most obnoxious lies and the guys will believe them every time — "This is my first time" — "That's the biggest I've ever seen" — or both, which, if you really think about it, is not possible in a single lifetime.†
p. 61.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(obnoxious) very rude or unpleasant
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)