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   invective

   /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/

   noun

   • 1. insulting, abusive, or highly critical language: "he let out a stream of invective"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘reviling, abusive’): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus ‘attacking’, from invehere (see inveigh). The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) ‘abusive or censorious (language)’.

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