Overview of noun pyrrhic

The noun pyrrhic has 2 senses

• pyrrhic, dibrach -- (a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables)


• pyrrhic -- (an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare)

Overview of adj pyrrhic

The adj pyrrhic has 3 senses

• pyrrhic -- (of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements")


• pyrrhic -- (of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses")


• pyrrhic -- (of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory")