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noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
originFrom Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0