PYRRHIC

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

• (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

  synonyms : dibrach

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

  "a Pyrrhic victory"

• (adj.) of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables

  "pyrrhic verses"

• (adj.) of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece

  "pyrrhic dance movements"

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