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Definition of Invectives

Invective
Invective In*vec"tive, a. [L. invectivus: cf. F. invectif. See Inveigh.] Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.

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- personal invectives and character ********ination were widely used as part of both forensic speeches and orations. Cicero made frequent use of the invective form...
- "Invective Against Swans" is a poem by Wallace Stevens from his first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). Invective against Swans  The soul, O ganders, flies...
- the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Slonimsky was...
- vocabulary. Notably, no word for ****ual intercourse is commonly used in invectives, unlike many other languages (e.g., English ****, Spanish joder, Mandarin...
- frequently used in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Republican invectives against the Democrats, as part of the slogan "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion"...
- while "ordinary people represented those of inferior ones" by "composing invectives" (1448b20—1449a5). On this basis, a distinction between the individuals...
- brilliant display of his sarcastic wit and his unlimited inventiveness in "invectives". One of these, published on the strength of Poggio's old friendship with...
- 1840. Giraldus Cambriensis [Gerald of Wales]. "De Inuectionibus [On Invectives], Vol. II, Ch. I, in Y Cymmrodor: The Magazine of the Honourable Society...
- society. ... He combined a vivid writing style filled with Menckenesque invective, with an unbridled love of controversy. Under Scanlan, the Tablet became...
- and sta**** some time as a guest of the king, Nicomedes IV, though later invective connected Caesar to a homo****ual relation with the monarch. He then served...