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pyrrhic
adjective
noun
Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
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ˈpɪɹ.ɪk
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adjective
Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
“A Pyrrhic victory”
adjective
Of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
“Pyrrhic verses”
adjective
Of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
“Pyrrhic dance movements”
noun
An ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
noun
A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
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A Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic verses
Pyrrhic dance movements
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