Yesterday, my mother spoke a philippic to me, after i had messed up the house.
philippic
"His first philippic against Philip was in response yesterday argument"....thought I'd give it a shot, but I was wondering the same thing. No online dictionary will provide an example, even dictionary.com which usually does.
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philippic
"His first philippic against Philip was in response yesterday argument"....thought I'd give it a shot, but I was wondering the same thing. No online dictionary will provide an example, even dictionary.com which usually does.
A philippic is:1. Any of the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon in the fourth century B.C.2. Any of the orations of Cicero against Antony in 44 B.C.3. philippic A verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, often insulting language; a tirade.For the source and more detailed information, click on the related links section indicated below.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," a philippic refers to a bitter verbal attack made by Mrs. Dubose towards Atticus and his children, criticizing them for his defense of Tom Robinson. Mrs. Dubose's rant reflects the racial prejudice and hatred present in Maycomb society at the time.
In "The Red Badge of Courage," a philippic refers to a long, passionate verbal attack or denunciation. It is used by Henry Fleming's friend Wilson to criticize the behavior of their fellow soldiers during a chaotic battle.
I know this from experience... kohlrabi, sauerbraten, bildungsroman, gymkhana, philippic, forsythia, pferffernuss, i forgot the rest.
I know "A Simple Desultory Philippic" by Simon and Garfunkel, and "Mr. Jones and Me" by Counting Crows. But there are a couple others that elude me.
Sabotage! From the period when Philippic weavers / workers threw their wooden clogs into the machinery in SABU. This can be nominated as one of the first sociology moments.
It in symmetry with sentence a is what? What is a sentence with symmetry in it? This sentence with symmetry is symmetry with sentence this.
It is the first sentence of a paragraph which is the topic sentence.
Who or what the sentence is about is the subject of the sentence.
Who or what the sentence is about is the subject of the sentence.