Thesaurus: pyrrhic

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1. a. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
3. n. An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
4. n. A foot consisting of two short syllables.
5. adj. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
6. adj. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
7. adj. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
8. n. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
9. n. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
10. Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containingpyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
11. j:100 n. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables n. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare a. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece