invectiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈvɛktɪv/

Forms: Also 1500s en-.

Etymology: < French invectif, -ive adjective, invective noun (14–15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < late Latin invectīvus ‘reproachful, abusive’, in medieval Latin invectīva (sc. ōrātio ) as noun, < participial stem of invehĕre : see invect v. and -ive suffix.

A. adj.

1. Using or characterized by denunciatory or railing language; inclined to inveigh; expressing bitter denunciation; vituperative, abusive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive

chidingc1175

invective1430

villainous1470

reproachful1531

reviling1534

oblatranta1538

vituperatory1586

vituperous1588

maledicent1599

vituperious1604

abuseful1612

virulent1631

camping1642

Thersitical1650

wording1682

vituperative1727

vituperatious1797

slangwhanging1809

sharp-tongued1837

vituperant1864

campling1881

Thersitean1908

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adjective]

opprobriousc1410

invective1430

railinga1470

shameful?a1513

convicious1530

reviling1534

inveighing1568

abusing1586

vituperatory1586

vituperous1588

vituperious1604

abusive1608

invectory1608

conviciatory1611

abuseful1612

conviciating1628

vituperative1727

vituperatious1797

slangwhanging1809

opprobratory1833

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vi. xv. (Bodl. 263) 336/2 He..Compiled hadde an Invectiff scripture Ageyn Antoyne.

1576 A. Hall Acct. Quarrell (1815) 35 Divers invective speeches..had passed in the same.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 15 What is the matter good wife (quoth I) that you vse such inuectiue words against the Collier?

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 153 He was..always devoted to Queen Mary, but never invective against Queen Elizabeth.

1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 120 They kept a fast to pray for success to the Pretender's arms, and a thanksgiving for his arrival..and were very invective and bitter.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 471 Cicero..made a reply to him on the spot in an Invective speech, the severest perhaps, that was ever spoken by any man.

1866 Athenæum No. 2001. 299/3 What we may call invective history.

1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 368 William, the invective opponent of the..friars.

†2. Carried or borne in (against something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > in against something

invective1603

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 254 As huge rocks doe regorge th' invective waves.

B. n.

1. A violent attack in words; a denunciatory or railing speech, writing, or expression.

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

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 96 Iuuenall was thret parde for to kyll For certayne enuectyfs, yet wrote he none ill.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. c.i^v Theyr sermons were lyttle other then inuectiues agaynst vserye.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii. 183 This it is that fills..Pamphlets with spightfull invectives.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxvii. 82 Their satirical wit degenerated into sharp and angry invectives.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 342 The duke, in going down stairs, poured forth volleys of invectives upon the Chief President.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 177 Cleomenes..sent a letter to the assembly, containing bitter invectives against Aratus.

2. (Without plural) Denunciatory or opprobrious language; vehement denunciation; vituperation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse

ribaldyc1300

chiding1340

ribaldrya1400

revile1439

revilingc1475

vituperation1481

vituper1484

tongue-sore1542

oblatration?1552

thundering1564

wording1564

revilement1590

slabbery1596

invective1602

campling1660

bitching1706

slangwhanging1809

name-calling1819

slanging1856

rough tonguing1916

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun]

balec1220

ordurec1390

revile1439

brawlingc1440

railing1466

opprobry?a1475

revilingc1475

vituperation1481

vituper1484

vitupery1489

convicy1526

abusion?1530

blasphemation1533

pelta1540

oblatration?1552

words of mischief1555

abuse1559

inveighing1568

invection1590

revilement1590

invective1602

opprobration1623

invecture1633

thunder and lightning1638

raillery1669

rattlinga1677

blackguarding1742

pillory1770

slang1805

slangwhanging1809

bullyragging1820

slanging1856

bespattering1862

bespatterment1870

bad-mouthing1939

bad mouth1947

slagging1956

flak1968

verbal1970

handbagging1987

pelters1992

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 26 Yet the Græcians did not alwaies suffer this licentious rage and inuectiue of Poets.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) V. xix. 401 The book of Proverbs is full of invective and indignation against..those profligates.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 27 He burst out into a torrent of invective.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	invective
释义	invectiveadj.n. Brit. /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛktɪv/ Forms: Also 1500s en-. Etymology: < French invectif, -ive adjective, invective noun (14–15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < late Latin invectīvus ‘reproachful, abusive’, in medieval Latin invectīva (sc. ōrātio ) as noun, < participial stem of invehĕre : see invect v. and -ive suffix. A. adj. 1. Using or characterized by denunciatory or railing language; inclined to inveigh; expressing bitter denunciation; vituperative, abusive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive chidingc1175 invective1430 villainous1470 reproachful1531 reviling1534 oblatranta1538 vituperatory1586 vituperous1588 maledicent1599 vituperious1604 abuseful1612 virulent1631 camping1642 Thersitical1650 wording1682 vituperative1727 vituperatious1797 slangwhanging1809 sharp-tongued1837 vituperant1864 campling1881 Thersitean1908 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adjective] opprobriousc1410 invective1430 railinga1470 shameful?a1513 convicious1530 reviling1534 inveighing1568 abusing1586 vituperatory1586 vituperous1588 vituperious1604 abusive1608 invectory1608 conviciatory1611 abuseful1612 conviciating1628 vituperative1727 vituperatious1797 slangwhanging1809 opprobratory1833 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vi. xv. (Bodl. 263) 336/2 He..Compiled hadde an Invectiff scripture Ageyn Antoyne. 1576 A. Hall Acct. Quarrell (1815) 35 Divers invective speeches..had passed in the same. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 15 What is the matter good wife (quoth I) that you vse such inuectiue words against the Collier? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 153 He was..always devoted to Queen Mary, but never invective against Queen Elizabeth. 1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 120 They kept a fast to pray for success to the Pretender's arms, and a thanksgiving for his arrival..and were very invective and bitter. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 471 Cicero..made a reply to him on the spot in an Invective speech, the severest perhaps, that was ever spoken by any man. 1866 Athenæum No. 2001. 299/3 What we may call invective history. 1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 368 William, the invective opponent of the..friars. †2. Carried or borne in (against something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > in against something invective1603 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 254 As huge rocks doe regorge th' invective waves. B. n. 1. A violent attack in words; a denunciatory or railing speech, writing, or expression. 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 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 96 Iuuenall was thret parde for to kyll For certayne enuectyfs, yet wrote he none ill. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. c.i^v Theyr sermons were lyttle other then inuectiues agaynst vserye. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii. 183 This it is that fills..Pamphlets with spightfull invectives. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxvii. 82 Their satirical wit degenerated into sharp and angry invectives. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 342 The duke, in going down stairs, poured forth volleys of invectives upon the Chief President. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 177 Cleomenes..sent a letter to the assembly, containing bitter invectives against Aratus. 2. (Without plural) Denunciatory or opprobrious language; vehement denunciation; vituperation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse ribaldyc1300 chiding1340 ribaldrya1400 revile1439 revilingc1475 vituperation1481 vituper1484 tongue-sore1542 oblatration?1552 thundering1564 wording1564 revilement1590 slabbery1596 invective1602 campling1660 bitching1706 slangwhanging1809 name-calling1819 slanging1856 rough tonguing1916 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] balec1220 ordurec1390 revile1439 brawlingc1440 railing1466 opprobry?a1475 revilingc1475 vituperation1481 vituper1484 vitupery1489 convicy1526 abusion?1530 blasphemation1533 pelta1540 oblatration?1552 words of mischief1555 abuse1559 inveighing1568 invection1590 revilement1590 invective1602 opprobration1623 invecture1633 thunder and lightning1638 raillery1669 rattlinga1677 blackguarding1742 pillory1770 slang1805 slangwhanging1809 bullyragging1820 slanging1856 bespattering1862 bespatterment1870 bad-mouthing1939 bad mouth1947 slagging1956 flak1968 verbal1970 handbagging1987 pelters1992 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 26 Yet the Græcians did not alwaies suffer this licentious rage and inuectiue of Poets. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) V. xix. 401 The book of Proverbs is full of invective and indignation against..those profligates. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 27 He burst out into a torrent of invective. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1430
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