Invective

Invective (from Middle English invectif, or Old French and Late Latin invectus) is abusive, reproachful, or venomous language used to express blame or censure; or, a form of rude expression or discourse intended to offend or hurt; vituperation, or deeply seated ill will, vitriol. The Latin adjective invectivus means 'scolding.' Invective (from Middle English invectif, or Old French and Late Latin invectus) is abusive, reproachful, or venomous language used to express blame or censure; or, a form of rude expression or discourse intended to offend or hurt; vituperation, or deeply seated ill will, vitriol. The Latin adjective invectivus means 'scolding.' The 'genre of invective' or 'invective (genre)' or 'vituperatio' in Latin is a form of classical libel used in Greek and Roman polemical verse as well as in prose, but its primary context is rhetoric. The rhetorical genre of vituperatio belongs to the genus demonstrativum, which is composed by the praise and blame.