| 单词 | philippic |
| 释义 | philippic (once / 15038 pages) n A philippic is a bitter rant against someone or something. Unfortunately your impassioned philippic condemning your parents’ midnight curfew rule only resulted in you being grounded for a week. The word philippic originates from the Greek word philippikos, the name given to the speeches of the famous Greek orator Demosthenes, who warned the Athenians against Philip II of Macedon. The Greeks didn’t listen to Demosthenes, however, and then Philip and his son Alexander the Great ended up bringing all of Greece under Macedonian control. Too bad for the Athenians! WORD FAMILYphilippic: philippics USAGE EXAMPLESThe newspaper accounts weren’t just full of mean philippics that hurt people’s feelings. Slate(Aug 09, 2016) His original draft of the Declaration contained a “vehement philippic against Negro slavery.” Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Un...(1955) What was less welcome in Ms. Adler’s Kael piece, as in so many of her later philippics, is her easy slide into bombast and overkill. New York Times(Apr 23, 2015) n a speech of violent denunciation Syn|Hyper broadside, tirade denouncement, denunciation a public act of denouncing declamationvehement oratory |
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