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Defenition of the word pyrrhic

    • Defenition of the word pyrrhic

      • of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"
      • of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"
      • of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"
      • 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

    Synonyms for the word pyrrhic

      • dibrach

    Hypernyms for the word pyrrhic

      • ceremonial dance
      • foot
      • metrical foot
      • metrical unit
      • ritual dance
      • ritual dancing

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