harangue
/həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street."
- "The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late."
- "The king addresses his people, and the heaviest impost is levied with acclamations—the general harangues his troops, and thousands rush upon the smoking cannon and the gleaming bayonets—the lover whispers his mistress, and she forgets even herself for his sake."
- "But he continued his harangue without waiting for a reply."
- "The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver."
- "He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow."
Etymology
From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/