ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Philhippic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /fɪlˈhɪpɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Philhippic is an adjective meaning (rare) Fond of horses, horse-loving.

Meaning

(rare) Fond of horses, horse-loving.

Example Sentences

A philhippic discourse is to be endured from him, not incomparable to that of those pubescent girls who would readily entrap the Unicorn and who doubtless would make the Minocorn no less welcome […].
This is a particularly apt satire of Englishness inasmuch as it is surrounded by the jingoistic mockery of the philhippic Neapolitan, the fantastical Frenchman, the cowardly Scot and the drunk German.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include philathletic, philozoic, philoxenic, philodemic, philotechnic, philistinic.

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