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What (who) is Pyrrhic$65902$ - definition
METRICAL FOOT, CONSISTS OF TWO UNACCENTED, SHORT SYLLABLES
Dibrach; Pyrrhic (verse metre); Pyric; Phyrric; Pyrrhic foot
pyrrhic
pyrrhic1 ['p?r?k]
¦ adjective (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Origin
C19: from the name of Pyrrhus, a Greek king who invaded Italy and defeated the Romans in 279 BC but sustained heavy losses, + -ic.
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pyrrhic2 ['p?r?k]
¦ noun a metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables.
¦ adjective written in or based on pyrrhics.
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk purrhikhios (pous) 'pyrrhic (foot)', the metre of a song accompanying a war dance, named after Purrhikhos, inventor of the dance.
Pyrrhic
·noun A foot consisting of two short syllables.
II. Pyrrhic ·adj Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.
III. Pyrrhic ·adj Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
IV. Pyrrhic ·noun An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
Pyrrhic
A pyrrhic (; pyrrichios, from πυρρίχη pyrrichē) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short syllables.
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Pyrrhic
A pyrrhic (; Greek: πυρρίχιος pyrrichios, from πυρρίχη pyrrichē) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short syllables. It is also known as a dibrach.
