philippic
See also: Philippic
English
Alternative forms
- philippick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin philippicus, from Ancient Greek φιλιππικός (philippikós), from Φίλιππος (Phílippos, “lover of horses”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
philippic (plural philippics)
- Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Chapter XXXII, page 348:
- […] the Bema, from whence Demosthenes thundered his philippics and fired the wavering patriotism of his countrymen.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Chapter XXXII, page 348:
- (by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diatribe
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 234:
- Mrs. Ferrars looked exceedingly angry, and drawing herself up more stiffly than ever, pronounced in retort this bitter phillipic; “Miss Morton is Lord Morton’s daughter.”
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 172:
- "Sir Robert Akhurst is a good man, a very good man, notwithstanding his philippic; but he is an old one, which makes all the difference."
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- 2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books[1]:
- As a young man, Lytton Strachey admired Hastings and wrote a long thesis on him, while dismissing Burke as ‘an ignorant enthusiast’. What strikes me on rereading those great philippics is, on the contrary, their exactness and perceptiveness.
Translations
any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation
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