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hector
English
Etymology
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hect?r or Ancient Greek ????? (Hékt?r), from ????? (hékt?r, “holding fast”), from ????? (ékhein), present active infinitive of ??? (ékh?, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold; to overpower”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
- Hyphenation: hec?tor
Noun
hector (plural hectors)
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
Translations
Verb
hector (third-person singular simple present hectors, present participle hectoring, simple past and past participle hectored)
- (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize
- (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
- Synonym: huff
Alternative forms
- hectour (obsolete, rare)
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- hector in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- Not to be confused with hectare.
Anagrams
- Troche, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche
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rile
English
Etymology
From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Verb
rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)
- to make angry
- to stir or move from a state of calm or order
- Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
- It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.
Synonyms
- aggravate
- anger
- annoy
- irritate
- vex
Derived terms
- rilesome
Translations
Derived terms
- to get riled up - to become angry
Anagrams
- Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, lire, riel
Spanish
Verb
rile
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
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