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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Phil-ip'pic, n.

noun

n. [Fr. philippique, Sp. filípica, It. filippica, from Lat. Philippæus, Gr. Φιλιππικός, belonging to Philip, Philippic.]

  1. An oration of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, against Philip, king of Macedon, in which the orator sought to arouse the Athenians from their indolence.
  2. Hence, any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.