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Tuesday, May 24. 2005

Word Point - Hectored

I was watching a talking head show on TV the other day and the one commentator said that someone was "hectored" into doing something.

I'd heard the word, but wasn't 100% sure it was being used correctly. Did he mean "heckled" ?

Nope. Hectored is right:

v. hec·tored, hec·tor·ing, hec·tors
v. tr.

To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.

[Latin Hectr, Hektor, from Greek Hektr.]

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JaBbA's Hut

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Tuesday, May 24. 2005

Word Point - Hectored