■ noun abusive or highly critical language.
Origin
ME (orig. as adjective meaning 'abusive'): from OFr. invectif , -ive , from late L. invectivus 'attacking', from invehere (see inveigh ).
■ noun abusive or highly critical language.
Origin
ME (orig. as adjective meaning 'abusive'): from OFr. invectif , -ive , from late L. invectivus 'attacking', from invehere (see inveigh ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004