inveigh

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 16, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>inveigh</strong> &#149; \in-VAY\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rail#h4">rail</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Wearing a blue suit, [Hannah] Gadsby begins by pointing to a prop dog made of crayons onstage, immediately making fun of herself, a notable shift since 'Nanette,' when she <em>inveighed</em> against <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-deprecation">self-deprecation</a>." — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/arts/television/hannah-gadsby-netflix-douglas.html">Jason Zinoman, <em>The New York Times</em>¸ 26 May 2020</a></p> <p>"I see their anger spiking in Facebook conversations and unfurling across Twitter threads. They <em>inveigh</em> against the new high-occupancy lanes on Interstate 15; against the paid parking at casinos…." — <a href="https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/2020/feb/27/how-do-we-keep-las-vegas-neighborly-as-it-grows-hu/">Geoff Carter, <em>The Las Vegas Weekly</em>, 27 Feb. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>You might complain or grumble about some wrong you see, or, for a stronger effect, you can <em>inveigh</em> against it. <em>Inveigh</em> comes from the Latin verb <em>invehere</em>, which joins the prefix <em>in-</em> with the verb <em>vehere</em>, meaning "to carry." <em>Invehere</em> literally means "to carry in," and when <em>inveigh</em> first appeared in English, it was also used to mean "to carry in" or "to introduce." Extended meanings of <em>invehere</em>, however, are "to force one's way into," "to attack," and "to assail with words," and that's where the current sense of <em>inveigh</em> comes from. A closely related word is <em><a href="http