单词 | hector |
释义 | Hectorn. 1. Name of a Trojan hero celebrated in the Iliad; hence transferred. A valiant warrior like Hector. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero Hectora1387 worthy1552 Brutea1556 hero1578 heroic1586 Argonaut1596 Argonautic1614 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 255 Ȝif we wil mene þat þey beeþ..hardy, we clepeþ hem Hectores. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxliii. f. clviiiv/2 Thus he [sc. Duglas] wente euer forwarde lyke a hardy Hector. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxiiijv Thys English Hector & marcial flower. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 11 Said I well, bully Hector? 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) Democritus to Rdr. 29 Euery Nation hath their Hectors, Scipio's, Cæsars and Alexanders. 2. (Now usually with lower-case initial.) A swaggering fellow; a swash-buckler; a braggart, blusterer, bully.Frequent in the second half of the 17th cent.; applied spec. to a set of disorderly young men who infested the streets of London. Cf. ‘bully Hector’ 1602 at sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 256 The Earle of Anglesie and his two Hectors upon Sunday morning last fought a duell with Collonel Dillan..and two Irishe Captains..His Lordships Hectors had no hurt, and ye Irishe came of untoucht. a1658 J. Cleveland To Hectors 1 You Hectors! tame Professors of the Sword! 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 2 On Sunday night last 3 hectors came out of a tavern in Holborn, with their swords drawn, and began to break windows. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxxiv. 333 Surely this blustering Hector is not one of the Sons of Adam. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 361 The Muns and Tityre Tus had given place to the Hectors, and the Hectors had been recently succeeded by the Scourers. 3. Name of a species of butterfly ( Papilio Hector). ΚΠ 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 508 The Hector forms a fine contrast to the preceding insect [the Sarpedon], its colours being almost wholly black and flaming crimson. Phrases U.S. colloquial. since Hector was a pup (also boy) and variants: for a very long time; since a long time ago. Cf. since Pluto was a pup at Pluto n.1 Phrases.Hector may refer to the Trojan hero who lived around 1200 b.c. and whose mother Hecuba was, according to Euripides, turned into a dog (hence Hector could be regarded as her pup); it may also reflect the popularity at various times of Hector as a dog's name. ΚΠ 1888 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 19 Aug. 6/6 Let all thy proud monopolists rejoice in our new joy,They ne'er had leader like our James since Hector was a boy. 1892 G. P. Lathrop Gold of Pleasure x. 101 I hain’t been so hungry and thirsty as I am this minute, since Hector was pupp’d. 1895 Washington Post 6 Feb. 6/5 [They] have been scrapping with each other in this neighborhood ‘since long before Hector was a pup’. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 589 Since Hec was a pup, for a long time. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan (1935) 258 Haven't seen Dan since Hector was a pup. 1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers 335 Mickey Harrigan, a big redheaded red-faced hairbag who'd been on the force since Hector was a pup. 2000 J. Womack Going going Gone (2002) 86 Shackmans toy store was at the corner of 16th; it was older than Hamilton, it had been there since Hector was a pup. Derivatives Hecˈtorean adj. (also Hec'torian) [ < Latin Hectōreus + -an suffix] belonging to Hector. ΚΠ 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 18 Warn'd to shun Hectorean Force in vain. ˈhectorism n. the quality or practice of a hector or bully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] facing1481 blusteringa1494 flirdom?a1500 bravity1546 bravery1548 roistingc1560 bravado1583 roister-doisterdom1592 swash1593 swaggeringa1596 huffing1600 hufty1609 huff1611 brustling1622 hufty-tufty1633 bouncing1634 hectorism1672 huffiness1678 bluster1692 bounce1714 bravadoism1833 fanfaronading1837 bush1840 huffishness1841 swashbuckling1888 bucko1909 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying daunta1400 dauntingc1400 fear1426 discomfort1512 discouraging1578 appalement1579 browbeating1581 appall1598 huffing1600 appaling1603 appalment1611 disheartening1619 intimidation1658 hectorism1672 bullying1680 bullocking1715 huff1773 bullyism1821 disheartenment1830 table-thumping1839 bulldozing1876 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ix. 79 Men mistake a vice for a seemingly-like, but really-contrary, virtue. As..hectorisme for valour. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 15 A desperate Principle of Hectorism. ˈhectorly adj. of the nature of a hector, blustering, insolent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective] termagant1546 roisterly1555 swashing1556 puffing1566 roisting1567 cocking1568 braving1579 huffling1582 kill-cow1589 roister-doistering1593 roister-doisterly1593 hufty-tufty1596 swaggering1596 huff-cap1597 sword-and-buckler1598 huffing1602 pyrgopolinizing1605 bold-beatinga1616 swash1635 swaga1640 blustering1652 bravashing1652 hectoring1664 hectorly1676 huffy1677 huff-snuff1693 swashbuckling1693 flustering1698 blustery1739 huffish1755 bravading1812 topping1815 Bobadilish1832 Bobadilian1837 fanfaronading1837 bucko1883 swashbucklering1884 swaggery1886 blokeish1920 blokey1938 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iv. 61 My Wife with a Hectorly Fellow here! a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 336 Presumptuous transgression of God's law, (Hectorly profaneness and debauchery). ˈhectorship n. a trait characteristic of a hector. ΚΠ 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. x. 278 His other Hectorships, I will forget. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hectorv. 1. intransitive. To play the hector or bully; to brag, bluster, domineer. Also, to hector it. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 80 For which he needs not venture life nor limb, Nor Hector it, nor list under Sir Hugh. 1681 Dialouge Philautus & Timotheus iii. 5 While I hector, and rant, and call Names. 1735 J. Swift Stella at Wood-Park in Wks. II. 212 Don Carlos made her chief Director, That she might o'er the Servants hector. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 23 She does now and then hector a little. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 145 John not only allows himself to be bamboozled, but..to be hectored over. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vii. 141 He blustered and hectored as of old. 2. transitive. To intimidate by bluster or threats; to domineer over; to bully; to bring or force out of or into something by threats or insolence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] awec1225 bashc1375 palla1393 argh1393 formengea1400 matea1400 boasta1522 quail1526 brag1551 appale1563 browbeat1581 adaw1590 overdare1590 dastard1593 strike1598 disdare1612 cowa1616 dare1619 daw1631 bounce1640 dastardize1645 intimidate1646 hector1664 out-hector1672 huff1674 bully1685 harass1788 bullyraga1790 major1829 haze1851 bullock1875 to push (someone) around1900 to put the frighteners in, on1958 psych1963 vibe1979 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > utter with bluster or bravado [verb (transitive)] > force or intimidate by swagger1608 bounce1640 hector1664 huff1674 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully swagger1608 bounce1640 hector1664 huff1674 huff1680 bully1685 bullyraga1790 bullock1875 advantage1921 1664 S. Pepys Diary 22 Feb. (1971) V. 60 Our King did openly say..that he would not be hector'd out of his right and preeminency's by the King of France. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 19 But [Fortune] she's a drudge, when Hector'd by the brave. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 33 You shan't be Hector'd by him. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. viii. 69 We are..not to be hectored, and bullied, and beat into Compliance. View more context for this quotation 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 37 I was hectored and lectured in my own green-room. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xxiii. 131 But suffers himself to be..hectored out of his crafty policy. Derivatives ˈhectoring n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective] termagant1546 roisterly1555 swashing1556 puffing1566 roisting1567 cocking1568 braving1579 huffling1582 kill-cow1589 roister-doistering1593 roister-doisterly1593 hufty-tufty1596 swaggering1596 huff-cap1597 sword-and-buckler1598 huffing1602 pyrgopolinizing1605 bold-beatinga1616 swash1635 swaga1640 blustering1652 bravashing1652 hectoring1664 hectorly1676 huffy1677 huff-snuff1693 swashbuckling1693 flustering1698 blustery1739 huffish1755 bravading1812 topping1815 Bobadilish1832 Bobadilian1837 fanfaronading1837 bucko1883 swashbucklering1884 swaggery1886 blokeish1920 blokey1938 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective] dauntinga1400 dismayfulc1595 huffing1602 dismaying1653 disheartening1654 disanimating1659 hectoring1664 bullying1681 bullocking1715 intimidatinga1812 browbeating1816 appalling1817 cowing1843 intimidatorya1846 dompting1912 fuck-off1962 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 26 The Hect'ring Kill-Cow Hercules. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 176 Ranting, and Hectoring Atheists. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 443 A mere piece of hectoring to frighten Russia. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. i. 7 He grew a little insolent, said rude things in a hectoring tone. ˈhectoringly adv. in a hectoring manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adverb] roistingly1571 swaggeringly1611 bravingly1616 roisteringly1659 swashingly1665 blusteringlya1714 huffishly1755 hectoringly1913 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adverb] dismayingly1731 dishearteningly1742 dauntingly1788 hectoringly1913 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xx. 251 He..questioned her further, almost hectoringly. 1963 Punch 27 Feb. 315/3 His adopting a hectoringly superior manner. ˈhectorer n. one who hectors. ΚΠ 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xii. 175 Ah! you are a hectorer with the boys, when need calls! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387v.1661 |
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