| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| harangue |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ha·rangue |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h -r ng |
| NOUN: | 1. A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering. 2. A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing, ha·rangues
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To deliver a harangue to. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To deliver a harangue. | | ETYMOLOGY: | 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 Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ha·ranguer —NOUN
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