I. hə-ˈraŋ noun
Etymology: Middle French arenge, from Old Italian aringa, from aringare to speak in public, from aringo public assembly, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hring ring
Date: circa 1533
1. : a speech addressed to a public assembly
2. : a ranting speech or writing
3. : lecture
II. verb
( ha·rangued ; ha·rangu·ing )
Date: 1640
intransitive verb
: to make a harangue : declaim
transitive verb
: to address in a harangue
haranguing me…on the folly of my ways — Jay Jacobs
• ha·rangu·er noun