PHILIPPIC


Meaning of PHILIPPIC in English

[ 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.

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