diatribe

[ dahy-uh-trahyb ]
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noun
  1. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.

Origin of diatribe

1
1575–85; <Latin diatriba<Greek diatribḗ pastime, study, discourse, derivative of diatríbein to rub away (dia-dia- + tríbein to rub)

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diatribe

/ (ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb) /


noun
  1. a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation

Origin of diatribe

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C16: from Latin diatriba learned debate, from Greek diatribē discourse, pastime, from diatribein to while away, from dia- + tribein to rub

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