pyrrhic
Pyrrhic adjective. ['pɪrɪk]
pyrrhic noun & adjective. ['pɪrɪk]
pyrrhic noun & adjective. ['pɪrɪk] As noun also in Latin form pyrrhichius [pɪ'rɪkɪǝs], pl. -chii [-kɪʌɪ].
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English DictionaryPyrrhic adjective3.
['pɪrɪk] L19.[Greek purrhikos, from Purrhos, Latin Pyrrhus, king of Epirus: see -IC.]Of a victory: gained at too great a cost, like that of Pyrrhus over the Romans at Asculum in 279
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pyrrhic noun1 & adjective1.
['pɪrɪk] L16.[Latin pyrrhicha or Greek purrhikhē a dance in armour, said to have been so named after its inventor Purrhikhos; use as noun of adjective (sc. orkhēsis dancing): see -IC.]Greek History.
A. noun. A war dance of the ancient Greeks, incorporating the movements of actual warfare performed in armour to a musical accompaniment.
L16.b. adjective. Of or pertaining to this dance.
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pyrrhic noun2 & adjective2.
['pɪrɪk] As noun also in Latin form pyrrhichius
[pɪ'rɪkɪǝs], pl. -chii
[-kɪʌɪ].
E17.[Latin pyrrhichius from Greek purrhikhios of or pertaining to the pyrrhic (dance), formed as PYRRHIC noun1 & adjective1 As noun sc. Latin pes, Greek pous foot (a metrical foot used in the war-song accompanying the pyrrhic dance): see -IC.]Classical Prosody. (A metrical foot) consisting of two short syllables.
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