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Show t -ti I LEARN A WORD I EVERY DAY 1 1 ; Today's word le HARANGUE. It's pronounced ha rang, with the accent on the last syllable. The first a Is as th a In ask, and the second a 1b short. I . Tl means when used as a noun: j popular oration, a speech addressed t oa large public assembly, a noisy, ranting speech; when used as a verb, to address earnestly or noisily. It comes from the French "harangue" "ha-rangue" meaning, literally, a speech before a large multitude. It is used like this as a noun: "He dllevered an impassioned harangue;" as a verb: "He haranged the crowd." |