TIRADE Definition & Meaning

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tirade

[ tahy-reyd, tahy-reyd ]

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noun

a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
a tirade against smoking.
a long, vehement speech:
a tirade in the Senate.
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a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry:
the stately tirades of Corneille.

tirade

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noun

a long angry speech or denunciation
rare.
prosody a speech or passage dealing with a single theme

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tirade¹

1795–1805; < French: literally, a stretch, (continuous) pulling < Italian tirata, noun use of feminine of tirato, past participle of tirare to draw, pull, fire (a shot), of obscure origin

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tirade¹

C19: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin

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News of this happening today would send Plaschke off on a tirade, I’m sure.

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