v. & n.
v.tr. bully, intimidate.
n. a bully. hectoringly adv.
[ Hector, L f. Gk Hektor, Trojan hero and son of Priam in Homer's Iliad, f. its earlier use to mean 'swaggering fellow' ]
v. & n.
v.tr. bully, intimidate.
n. a bully. hectoringly adv.
[ Hector, L f. Gk Hektor, Trojan hero and son of Priam in Homer's Iliad, f. its earlier use to mean 'swaggering fellow' ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012