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tirade

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹeɪd/ / /tɪˈɹeɪd/ / /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

  1. A long, angry or violent speech.

    come out with a tirade

    release a tirade

  2. A section of verse concerning a single theme.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

  1. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

    Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […]