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A rant that got dressed up and walked onto a stage.
means A long, forceful, often angry outburst of criticism or speech, fired off in one unbroken stream.
from From French tirade, 'a long passage' or 'a pull,' itself from tirer, 'to draw out, to pull' — the same verb that gives French its sense of drawing a bow or pulling a cord. The word first described a long, drawn-out passage of verse or dialogue in a play, something an actor would 'pull out' at length on stage, before it stretched to cover any extended, emphatic outburst of speech, especially an angry one.
- origin
- from Italian tirata, a volley fired at once
- length
- implies long, relentless, usually one speaker
- cousin word
- related to 'tirer', to pull or shoot
- tone
- angrier than a speech, longer than an outburst