PHILIPPIC

[phi.lip.pic] n [MF philippique, fr. L & Gk; L philippica, orationes philippicae, speeches of Cicero against Mark Antony, trans. of Gk philippikoi logoi, speeches of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, lit., speeches relating to Philip] (1592): a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation: tirade