different between invective vs flyting

English

Etymology

From Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva (“abusive speech”), from Latin invect?vus, from invectus, perfect passive participle of inveh? (“bring in”), from in + veh? (“carry”). See vehicle, and compare with inveigh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?kt?v/
• Rhymes: -?v
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Noun

invective (countable and uncountable, plural invectives)

1. An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
2. A severe or violent censure or reproach.
3. Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
4. A harsh or reproachful accusation.

   Politics can raise invective to a low art.

Translations

Adjective

invective (comparative more invective, superlative most invective)

1. Characterized by invection or railing.

   Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.

Synonyms

• (characterized by invection or railing): abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: invectivent, invectives

Noun

invective f (plural invectives)

1. invective

Verb

invective

1. first-person singular present indicative of invectiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of invectiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of invectiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of invectiver
5. second-person singular imperative of invectiver

Further reading

• “invective” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

invective

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of invectivar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of invectivar
3. third-person singular imperative of invectivar

English

Etymology

flyte +? -ing

Noun

flyting (plural flytings)

1. Contention, noisy argument.
2. Scolding, rebuke.
3. A poetic contest of insults or invective.
   • 2007, Marina Warner, ‘Doubly Damned’, London Review of Books 29:3, p. 26

     Rival poets in Scotland exchanged flytings that were packed with riddling conceits.

   • 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature

     These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.