PHILIPPIC


Meaning of PHILIPPIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fə-ˈli-pik ]

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

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