2. Verb. (present participle of hector) ¹
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Definition of Hectoring
1. hector [v] - See also: hector
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hectoring
Literary usage of Hectoring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1865)
"... in his mock-heroic poem entitled " Secchia Kapita," or " The Каре of the
Bucket;" represented as false, brave, noisy, and hectoring. ..."
2. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"Nothing could be more counter to the hectoring humour of the chief justice, that
used to batter whigs, and even trimmers, without mercy, than this employing ..."
3. Why Italy Entered Into the Great War, by Luigi Carnovale by Luigi Carnovale (1917)
"XVI Field Marshal Radetzky and his graceless officers celebrate the birthday of
their Emperor (Francis Joseph) in Milan by hectoring the unarmed people, ..."
4. Euripides the rationalist: a study in the history of art and religion by Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1895)
"... though our woeful plight he knew, But what we brought not, hectoring bade us
bring. The ivy-cup uplifts he in his hands, And swills the darkling ..."
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