单词 | diatribe |
释义 | diatriben. 1. A discourse, disquisition, critical dissertation. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] drawth1340 treatisea1375 commentc1400 treatc1400 treatyc1400 tract1432 tractate1474 disputationa1533 commentary1547 tractive1558 tractation1563 diatribe1581 examen1606 dispute1608 ergasy1637 hippiatrics1646 disquisition1647 dissertation1651 tractic1651 supernaturals1676 adenography1689 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 246 b I heare the sounde of an Argument from the Popish Diatriba. 1643 R. Baillie Let. 2 June (1841) II. 65 Some parergetick Diatribes of that matter. 1672 Mede's Wks. Gen. Pref. sig. A That excellent Diatriba upon S. Mark i. 15. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1820/4 The constant Communicant; a Diatribe, proving that Constancy in receiving the Lords Supper is the indispensable Duty of every Christian. 1703 J. Quick Dec. Wife's Sister Lett. Possibly this poor Diatribe may contribute something thereunto. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) II. xxiv. 397 I shall conclude this diatribe upon the noises of insects. 1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 273 A diatribe on the subject of descriptive poetry. 2. In modern use: A dissertation or discourse directed against some person or work; a bitter and violent criticism; an invective. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > tirade of invective or abuse invective1523 raila1529 philippic1592 steletic1653 Steliteutic1751 tirade1801 diatribe1804 tertullianade1819 blast1874 pop-off1935 mouthful1941 flak1968 1804 W. Scott Let. Nov. (1932) I. 230 One must always regret so very serious a consequence of a diatribe. 1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) II. 132 On the appearance of this bitter diatribe in 1797. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 78 A rambling bitter diatribe on the wrongs and sufferings of the labourers. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxii. 293 Breaking out into fierce diatribes. 1877 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 201 The famous diatribe against Jesuitism in the Latter-Day Pamphlets. Derivatives ˈdiatribe v. (intransitive) to utter a diatribe; to inveigh bitterly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > utter invective or abuse [verb (intransitive)] railc1475 envy1477 inveigh1529 blaspheme1584 invect1614 invectivate1624 to cast, throw, or fling dirt1642 ran-tan1660 philippicize1799 to fire a broadside1827 tirade1871 diatribe1893 rort1931 foul-mouth1960 1893 National Observer 6 May 630/1 Why diatribe against the tradesmen of Liskeard? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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