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pyrrhic

noun

1 pyrrhic

A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables.

synonym: dibrach.

Polish: dybrach, pirychej, pirrychej

2 pyrrhic

An ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare.

adjective

1 pyrrhic

Of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece.

2 pyrrhic

Of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables.

3 pyrrhic

Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans).


Moby thesaurus: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint ... show more.

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