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Webster 1913 Edition

Philippic

Phi-lip′pic

,
Noun.
[L.
Philippiko`s
belonging to Philip, Philippic, Gr.
φιλιππικος
, fr.
Φίλιπποσ
Philip,
φίλιπποσ
fond of horses: cf. F.
philippique
.]
1.
Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
2.
Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.

Webster 1828 Edition

Philippic

PHILIP'PIC

,
Noun.
An oration of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, against Philip, king of Macedon, in which the orator inveighs against the indolence of the Athenians. Hence the word is used to denote any discourse or declamation full of acrimonious invective. The fourteen orations of Cicero against Mark Anthony are also called Philippics.

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