invection

English

Etymology

From Latin invectio. See inveigh.

Noun

invection (plural invections)

1. (obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
   • 1596, John Payne Collier, Miscellaneous Tracts:

     I could show you the sharp invections, and grounded reasons of many moe

References

• “invection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.