pyrrhic

1. a. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. Source: opted

2. a. Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse. Source: opted

3. n. An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick. Source: opted

4. n. A foot consisting of two short syllables. Source: opted

5. adj. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece Source: wordnet

6. adj. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables Source: wordnet

7. adj. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) Source: wordnet

8. n. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables Source: wordnet

9. n. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare Source: wordnet

10. 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. 1. Etym: [Gr. pyrrhique, fem.] An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick. 2. Etym: [L. pyrrhichius (sc. pes), Gr. pyrrhique, masc.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of two short syllables. Source: webster

11. Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containingpyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse. Source: adambom

12. 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 Source: ecdict

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