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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