Philippic

American  

[fi-lip-ik] / fɪˈlɪp ɪk /

noun

1. any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century b.c., against Philip, king of Macedon.

2. any of the 14 orations delivered by Cicero against Marc Antony (44-43 b.c.).

3. (lowercase) any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation.

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philippic British  

/ fɪˈlɪpɪk /

noun

1. a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective

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Etymology

Origin of Philippic

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin Philippicus, from Greek Philippikós; Philip, -ic

Example Sentences

And the third Philippic of Cicero: "We are born to honour and liberty; either let us keep them, or die with honour."

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous

If he be blamed because his Philippic was anonymous, how do the anonymous writers of to-day escape?

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

In 1707 he published a large treatise in English and Latin, as "A Philippic Oration, to incite the English against the French," a work I have never seen.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles

The speech “On the Affairs of the Chersonese” and the Third Philippic were the crowning efforts of Demosthenes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

It was on the receipt of the news in Rome of the first battle, but before the second had been fought, that the last Philippic was spoken.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony