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in·vec·tive     (ĭn-věk'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation.
  2. Denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse.

adj.   Of, relating to, or characterized by denunciatory or abusive language.


[From Middle English invectif, denunciatory, from Old French, from Late Latin invectīvus, reproachful, abusive, from Latin invectus, past participle of invehī, to inveigh against; see inveigh.]

in·vec'tive·ly adv., in·vec'tive·ness n.
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