Hypertext Webster Gateway: "philippic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Philippic \Phi*lip"pic\, n. [L. Philippicus belonging to Philip,
Philippic, Gr. ?, fr. ? Philip, ? 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
philippic
n : a violent denunciation [syn: {tirade}, {broadside}]
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