inveigh
pronunciation
How to pronounce inveigh in British English:
UK [ɪnˈveɪ]
How to pronounce inveigh in American English:
US [ɪnˈve]
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- Verb:
- complain bitterly
- speak against in an impassioned manner
Word Origin
- inveigh
- inveigh: [15] Inveigh originally meant ‘carry in, introduce’ (‘In them are two colours quarterly put: the one into the other, and so one colour is inveighed into another’, Book of Saint Albans 1486). Its second syllable comes from Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector, vehicle, and vex). Invehere meant simply ‘carry in’, but its passive infinitive form invehī denoted ‘be carried into’, ‘go into’, and hence ‘attack (physically or verbally)’. This latter sense was imported into English inveigh in the early 16th century, and into the derivative invective [15].=> invective, vehicle, vex
- inveigh (v.)
- late 15c., "to introduce," from Latin invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," passive infinitive of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" (see in- (1)) + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1520s. Related: Inveighed; inveighing.
Example
- 1. The poisons generated by remorse inveigh against the system , and eventually produce marked physical deterioration .