Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hectorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hec-torism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

swagger; bravado

Uncountable

Etymology

From hector + -ism.

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Questions

What does hectorism mean?
swagger; bravado
Where does hectorism come from?
From hector + -ism.

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