2. [See Philippic.] To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
Philister
(Phi*lis"ter) n. [G.] A Philistine; — a cant name given to townsmen by students in German
universities.
Philistine
(Phi*lis"tine) n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishthi, pl. Phlishthim.]
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] Swift.
3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations
and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. [Recent] M.
Arnold.
Philistine
(Phi*lis"tine), a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
2. Uncultured; commonplace.
Philistinism
(Phi*lis"tin*ism) n. The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines.
See Philistine, 3. [Recent] Carlyle.
On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of
mind and spirit, unintelligence, — this is Philistinism.
M. Arnold. Phillipsite
(Phil"lips*ite) n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous
silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often
cruciform in shape; — called also christianite.
Phillygenin
(Phil*lyg"e*nin) n. [Phillyrin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained
by the decomposition of phillyrin.
Phillyrea
(||Phil*lyr"e*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores
of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Phillyrin
(Phil"ly*rin) n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance.
It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
Philo-
(Philo-). A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
Philogynist
(Phi*log"y*nist) n. [See Philogyny.] A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman
as the higher type of humanity; — opposed to misogynist.
Philogyny
(Phi*log"y*ny) n. [Gr. loving + woman.] Fondness for women; uxoriousness; — opposed to
misogyny. [R.] Byron.
Philohellenian
(Phil`o*hel*le"ni*an) n. A philhellenist.
Philologer
(Phi*lol"o*ger) n. [Cf. L. philologus a man of letters, Gr. originally, fond of talking; hence,
fond of learning and literature; loving + speech, discourse.] A philologist. Burton.
Philologian
(Phil`o*lo"gi*an) n. A philologist. [R.]
Philological
(Phil`o*log"ic*al Phil`o*log"ic) a. [Cf. F. philologique.] Of or pertaining to philology. —
Phil`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
