n.
Pronunciation: f ə - ' li-pik
Function: 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, literally, speeches relating to Philip
Date: 1592
: a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation : TIRADE