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Word: Philippic
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek philippikos, the name given to Demosthenes' speeches against Philip II of Macedon, also to those of Cicero against Mark Antony
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
fɪˈlɪpɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one
Short Definition:bitter attack
Examples:- the lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture
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