Philippic
[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.
(lowercase) any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation.
/fɪˈlɪpɪk/
noun
1.
a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective
n.
1590s, “bitter invective discourse,” from Middle French philippique, from Latin (orationes) Philippicæ, translation of Greek Philippikoi (logoi), the speeches made in Athens by Demosthenes in 351-341 B.C.E. urging Greeks to unite and fight the rising power of Philip II of Macedon. The Latin phrase was used of the speeches made by Cicero against Marc Antony in 44 and 43 B.C.E.
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