[ha.rangue] n [ME arang, fr. MF arenge, fr. OIt aringa, fr. aringare to speak in public, fr. aringo public assembly, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG hring ring] (15c) 1: a speech addressed to a public assembly
2: a ranting speech or writing
3: lecture
[2]harangue vb ha.rangued ; ha.rangu.ing vi (1660): to make a harangue: declaim ~ vt: to address in a harangue "haranguing me ... on the folly of my ways --Jay Jacobs" -- ha.rangu.er n