pyrrhic (adj.)

  1. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; pyrrhic dance movements'

  2. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; pyrrhic verses'

  3. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); a Pyrrhic victory'

    pyrrhic (n.)

  1. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

    [ Syn: dibrach ]

  2. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

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