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Definition: Philippic |
PhilippicNoun1. A violent denunciation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "philippic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
Etymology: Philippic \Phi*lip"pic\, noun. [Latin expression Philippicus belonging to Philip, Philippic, Greek, from Philip, fond of horses: compare to the French expression philippique.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Philippic A severs scolding; an invective. So called from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon, to rouse the Athenians to resist his encroachments. The orations of Cicero against Anthony are called "Philippies." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: PhilippicSynonyms: broadside (n), tirade (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Diatribe; jeremiad, jeremiade; tirade, philippic. |
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Crosswords: Philippic |
| English words defined with "philippic": Philippize. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "philippic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sulm i hidhur me fjalë, filipikat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفليبية إحدى الخطب المهمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | филипика (diatribe), изобличителна реч (diatribe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | philippique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλιππικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vádbeszédek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilippicphay filipicã (phillipic), discurs acuzator. (various references) филиппика. (various references) filipika, žestoka vakela. (various references) filípica. (various references) filippik. (various references) sert konuşma, ağır eleştiri (hatchet job, razz, scorcher, slash, slating). (various references) філіппіка, викривальна промова, викривальний (criminative, criminatory, denunciative, denunciatory). (various references) bài diễn văn đả kích sự đả kích. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "philippic": philippics. (additional references) | |
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"Philippic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Filipepi, holopic, philibeg, philipic, philippes, philippica, Philippicae, philippie, Philippika, philippio, Philippot, Philippus, phillipic, Phillippi, phillippic, phillipsii, phlilippic, Phlippa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "philippic" (pronounced fi'li"pik) |
| 4 | -i" p i k | phenotypic. |
| 3 | -p i k | endoscopic, epic, geotropic, gyroscopic, isotopic, laparoscopic, microscopic, monocarpic, myopic, philanthropic, telescopic, topic, tropic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-i-i-l-p-p-p" | |
-4 letters: chili, lichi. | |
-5 letters: chip, clip, hili, lich, pili. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-i-i-l-p-p-p" | |
+1 letter: philippics. | |
+4 letters: principalship. | |
+5 letters: principalships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 69 6C 69 70 70 69 63 |
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