Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hectoring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hectoring}.]
To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to
torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by
bullying. --Dryden.
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