invective

See also: invectivé

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INVECTIVECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-#INVECTIVE

From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#INVECTIVECategory:English terms derived from Middle French#INVECTIVE invective, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#INVECTIVE invectiva (“abusive speech”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#INVECTIVE invectīvus, from invectus, perfect passive participle of invehō (“bring in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). See vehicle, and compare with inveigh.

Pronunciation

Noun

invective (countable and uncountable, plural invectives)Category:English lemmas#INVECTIVECategory:English nouns#INVECTIVECategory:English uncountable nouns#INVECTIVECategory:English countable nouns#INVECTIVECategory:English countable nouns#INVECTIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with 3 entries#INVECTIVE

  1. An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
  2. A severe or violent censure or reproach.
  3. Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
    • 1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24:
      And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
      Category:English terms with quotations#INVECTIVE
    • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R28:
      [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
      Category:English terms with quotations#INVECTIVE
  4. A harsh or reproachful accusation.
    Politics can raise invective to a low art.Category:English terms with usage examples#INVECTIVE

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

invective (comparative more invective, superlative most invective)Category:English lemmas#INVECTIVECategory:English adjectives#INVECTIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with 3 entries#INVECTIVE

  1. Characterized by invection or railing.
    Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.Category:English terms with usage examples#INVECTIVE

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Category:en:Rhetoric#INVECTIVECategory:en:Writing#INVECTIVE

French

Pronunciation

Noun

invective f (plural invectives)Category:French lemmas#INVECTIVECategory:French nouns#INVECTIVECategory:French countable nouns#INVECTIVECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#INVECTIVECategory:French feminine nouns#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with 3 entries#INVECTIVE

  1. invective

Verb

invectiveCategory:French non-lemma forms#INVECTIVECategory:French verb forms#INVECTIVECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with 3 entries#INVECTIVE

  1. inflection of invectiver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

invectiveCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#INVECTIVECategory:Portuguese verb forms#INVECTIVECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#INVECTIVECategory:Pages with 3 entries#INVECTIVE

  1. inflection of invectivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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