It's Merriam-Webster's word of the day for February 12th.

Today's word is Invee, spelled Invee I. G. H. Invee is a verb. It's a formal word that means to

protest or complain bitterly or vehemently. Like its synonym, rail, it's typically used with against.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the Washington Post by Dave McIntyre.

While I've invade here about categorical statements against chocolate

and wine, I will repeat my favorite maxim that Bubbles go with everything. Champagne is fantastic with chocolate-covered strawberries in which the

berries are the star. It's all well and good to complain, kvetch, gripe, or grumble about whatever happens to be vexing you, but for a stronger effect,

we suggest inveying against it.

You'll almost always want to include the against by the way.

Inve was borrowed with its meaning from the Latin verb, Inveaei, invei can also mean to attack,

which is also a form of Invehare, meaning to carry in. Another Invehare descendant

is the closely related noun invective, which refers to insulting or abusive language. Nota Beni it's not necessary to

hurl invective when inveying against what irks you. With your word of the day I'm

Peter Sokolowski.

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