Meaning of PYRRHIC
| Pronunciation: | | 'pirik
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- [n] an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
- [n] a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
- [adj] of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"
- [adj] of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"
- [adj] of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"
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| | Synonyms: | | dibrach |
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| | See Also: | | ceremonial dance, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit, ritual dance, ritual dancing | |
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\Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. `` ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet.'' --Byron.
2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
\Pyr"rhic\, n.
1. [Gr. ?: cf. F. pyrrhique, fem.] An ancient Greek martial
dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being
very quick.
2. [L. pyrrhichius (sc. pes), Gr. ? (sc. ?): cf. F.
pyrrhique, masc.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of two short
syllables.
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