v. & n.
--v.tr. bully, intimidate.
--n. a bully.
Derivatives:
hectoringly adv.
Etymology: 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.
Derivatives:
hectoringly adv.
Etymology: Hector, L f. Gk Hektor, Trojan hero and son of Priam in Homer's Iliad, f. its earlier use to mean 'swaggering fellow'
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012