Meaning of PHILIPPIC
| Pronunciation: | | fi'lipik
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| | Definition: | | [n] a speech of violent denunciation |
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| | Synonyms: | | broadside, tirade |
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| | See Also: | | declamation, denouncement, denunciation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Phi*lip"pic\, n. [L. Philippicus belonging to Philip,
Philippic, Gr. ?, fr. ? Philip, ? fond of horses: cf. F.
philippique.]
1. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes,
the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
2. Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in
acrimonious invective.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, chalk talk, contumely, debate, declamation, diatribe, eulogy, execration, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, hard words, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jawing, jeremiad, onslaught, oration, pep talk, peroration, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, rating, reading, recital, recitation, revilement, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, talk, talkathon, tirade, tongue-lashing, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, vilification, vituperation |
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