āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Pyrrhic
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ
an ancient Greek war dance involving leaping movements, often performed with weapons
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Ancient Greeks used the pyrrhic as both dance and training.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻž-āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻš āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
pyrrhic
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
03
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
pyrrhic
pyrrh
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
