inveigh

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The Word of the Day for March 28 is:

inveigh   \in-VAY\   verb
     : to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail 

Example sentence:
     The senator inveighed against the new FDA regulations, claiming they allow 
loopholes for manufacturers.

Did you know?
     You might complain or grumble about some wrong you see, or, for a stronger 
effect, you can "inveigh" against it. "Inveigh" comes from the Latin verb 
"invehere," which joins the prefix "in-" with the verb "vehere," meaning "to 
carry." "Invehere" literally means "to carry in," and when "inveigh" first 
appeared in English, it was also used to mean "to carry in" or "to introduce." 
Extended meanings of "invehere," however, are "to force one's way into," 
"attack," and "to assail with words," and that's where the current sense of 
"inveigh" comes from. A closely related word is "invective," which means 
"insulting or abusive language." This word, too, ultimately comes from 
"invehere."




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