philippic
11philippic — noun Etymology: Middle French philippique, from Latin & Greek; Latin philippica, orationes philippicae, speeches of Cicero against Mark Antony, translation of Greek philippikoi logoi, speeches of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon,… …
12Philippic — /fi lip ik/, n. 1. any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century B.C., against Philip, king of Macedon. 2. (l.c.) any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation. [1585 95; < L Philippicus < Gk Philippikós.… …
13philippic — Synonyms and related words: abuse, address, after dinner speech, allocution, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, chalk talk, contumely, debate, declamation, diatribe, eulogy, execration, exhortation, filibuster,… …
14PHILIPPIC — the name originally applied to Demosthenes three great orations against Philip of Macedon, then to Cicero s speeches against Mark Antony; now denotes any violent invective written or spoken …
15philippic — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tirade, diatribe, reproach, exchange; see discussion 1 , speech 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation: diatribe, fulmina tion, harangue, jeremiad,… …
16philippic — phi|lip|pic [fıˈlıpık] n literary a strong angry speech publicly attacking someone …
17philippic — [16] The original philippics (in Greek philippikós) were a series of speeches in which the Athenian orator Demosthenes denounced the political ambitions of Philip of Macedon in the 4th century BC (the word was a derivative of the Greek name… …
18Philippic — phi·lip·pic || fɪ lɪpɪk n. harshly condemnatory speech, speech that attacks and denounces …
19philippic — [fɪ lɪpɪk] noun literary a bitter verbal attack or denunciation. Origin C16: via L. from Gk philippikos, the name given to Demosthenes speeches against Philip II of Macedon, and Cicero s against Mark Antony …
20philippic — n. Invective …
