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HARANGUER

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ha·rangue   (hə-rāng')   
n.  

  1. A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.

  2. A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.

v.   ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing, ha·rangues

v.   tr.
To deliver a harangue to.
v.   intr.
To deliver a harangue.

[Middle English arang, a speech to an assembly, from Old French harangue, from Old Italian aringa, from aringare, to speak in public, probably from aringo, arringa, public square, meeting place, of Germanic origin; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]
ha·rangu'er n.
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