英英字典: pyrrhic
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")
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