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noun, feminine

diatribe

/dja.tʁib/

noun, feminine/dja.tʁib/plural: diatribes

diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)

From Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “to waste, wear out”).