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philippick

philippick is the obsolete form of philippic.

Meaning of philippic

Noun

philippic (plural philippics)

  1. Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens.
    • […] the Bema, from whence Demosthenes thundered his philippics and fired the wavering patriotism of his countrymen.1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC, page 348
  2. (broadly) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.
    • Mrs. Ferrars looked exceedingly angry, and drawing herself up more stiffly than ever, pronounced in retort this bitter phillipic; “Miss Morton is Lord Morton’s daughter.”1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 234

Forms of philippick

pluralphilippicks

Questions about philippick

What is philippick the obsolete form of?
Philippick is the obsolete form of philippic.

Words near philippick in the dictionary

  1. philippic
  2. philippicize
  3. philippicized
  4. philippicizes
  5. philippicizing
  6. philippick
  7. philippicks
  8. philippics
  9. Philippides
  10. philippine
  11. Philippine cedar

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