Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tirade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tirade \Ti*rade"\, n. [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling;
hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare
to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See
{Tear} to rend, and cf. {Tire} to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a
rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in
censorious and bitter language.
Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tirade
n : a violent denunciation [syn: {philippic}, {broadside}]
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