hectorly

English

Etymology

From hector +‎ -ly.

Adjective

hectorly (comparative more hectorly, superlative most hectorly)

Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.
- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Industry in our particular Calling, as Gentlemen”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
  hectorly, ruffian-like swaggering or huffing

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hectorly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)