harangue

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The answer to this harangue was the clanking of barbaric instruments of music, the brandishing of tomahawks, and the gleam of hunting-knives.

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  1. noun A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.
  2. noun A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.
  3. transitive verb To deliver a harangue to.
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  • After a minute more of Rob's harangue, the guilty-looking cop sputtered, —  London Indymedia Features
  • CNET blogger Don Reisinger began an 800-word harangue with the words "Has Brian Caulfield of Forbes totally lost it?" —  MacBytes.com
  • Other than that, this harangue is practically valueless. —  The Reality Check
  • You've probably heard that old harangue is the only way to lose weight safely is to do so slowly.
  • The Dalecarlians applaud his harangue, which is also attended by favourable omens. —  Gustavus Vasa and other poems
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harangue:   harangues ·  harangued ·  haranguing
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  1. Middle English arang, a speech to an assembly, from Old French harangue, from Old Italian aringa, from aringare, to speak in public, probably from aringo, arringa, public square, meeting place, of Germanic origin; see koro- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French harangue, French harangue = Provencal arengua = Spanish Portuguese arenga = Italian aringa, arringa (Middle Latin harenga), a public address, a harangue; cf. Italian aringo, arringo, arena, lists, combat, pulpit, chair, harangue (the sense ‘arena,’ hence a public platform, etc., being nearest the orig.); from Old High German hring, Middle High German rinc, a ring, a ring of people, an arena, circus, lists, German ring = Old Saxon hring = Anglo-Saxon hring, English ring: see ring. The syllable ha-, a-, is due to the Old High German h-. Cf. rank, range, arrange, from the same source.
  2. from French haranguer = Provencal arengar = Spanish Portuguese arengar = Italian aringare, arringare, make a harangue; from the noun.
 

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