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Definitions of pyrrhic in various dictionaries:
noun - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
noun - an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
adj - of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
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Classical verse included metrical feet like this one of 2 unstressed syllables; it's also a type of costly victory |
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(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor. |
A metrical foot having two short or unaccented syllables. |
Of or characterized by pyrrhics. |
an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare |
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables |
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) |
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables |
of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece |
Pyrrhic description |
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A pyrrhic (; Greek: pyrrichios, from pyrrich) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short syllables. It is also known as a dibrach.* |