tirade
noun
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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”).
- A long, angry or violent speech.
“come out with a tirade”
“release a tirade”
- 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”).
- 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 […]”