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diatribe(dictionary)

diatribe (iou)



diatribe noun. L16.
[French from Latin diatriba learned discussion from Greek diatribe spending of time, discourse, formed as DIA-1 + tribein rub.]
A discourse, a disquisition. arch. L16.
A dissertation or discourse directed against a particular person or work; a piece of bitter criticism; scolding, denunciation. E19.
C. Kingsley A rambling, bitter diatribe on the wrongs and sufferings of the labourers. H. James Diatribes against the British middle-class.
diatribist noun a person who writes or utters a diatribe M17.