tirade

Etymology

From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

noun

  1. A long, angry or violent speech.
  2. A section of verse concerning a single theme.

verb

  1. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.
    Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […] 2009, Megan Greenberg, The Orser's Promise

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