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Invective (from
Middle English invectif, or Old
French and Late
Latin invectus) is abusive, or
insulting language used to
express blame or censure; or...
- the
Thesaurus of
Scales and
Melodic Patterns and the
Lexicon of
Musical Invective, and
edited Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
Slonimsky was...
- "
Invective Against Swans" is a poem by
Wallace Stevens from his
first book of poetry,
Harmonium (1923).
Invective against Swans The soul, O ganders, flies...
- well-nigh
infamous even in his own time for his fierce,
sometimes obscene,
invectives against faithless friends (e.g.,
Catullus 12,
Catullus 16, and Catullus...
- The
Lexicon of
Musical Invective is an
American musicological work by
Nicolas Slonimsky. It was
first published in 1953, and a second, revised, and expanded...
- France, Venice, and
Francesco II
Sforza of Milan.
Clement VII
issued an
invective against Charles V, who in
reply defined him a "wolf"
instead of a "shepherd"...
- ideas,
sudden fits of temper,
occasional songs, and
bursts of
Spanish invective. The film was
released June 2, 1939, by RKO
Radio Pictures.
Denny Lindsay...
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close friends,
Fabullus and Veranius. In
comparison to Catullus's
other invective poetry, this is
relatively light: the main
point of the poem
could be...
- the form of a
comparison with
another person, an epilogue, or a prayer.
Invective opposes commonplace. It
attacks a specific,
named individual, usually...
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characteristic aspect of
Viennese humor. It does not
refer to a
singular invective, but
rather a
style of communication. The
German dictionary Duden traces...
