Dī'a-tribe, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Gr. διατριβή, from διατρίβειν, to rub away, spend time, from διά, through, and τρίβειν, to rub; Lat. diatriba, Fr. diatribe.] A continued discourse or disputation; especially, an invective harangue; a strain of reviling or reproach.