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Showing words for PYRRHIC using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Pyrrhic

pyrrhic

6 Letter Words for Pyrrhic

chirpy

5 Letter Words for Pyrrhic

chirp, chirr, picry, prich, pyric

4 Letter Words for Pyrrhic

chip, chry, crip, pich, pirr, pyic, rich, ricy, yirr

3 Letter Words for Pyrrhic

chi, cir, cpi, cpr, cry, cyp, hic, hip, hir, hyp, ich, icy, ihp, iph, ipr, pci, phi, phr, pic, pir, prc, pry, pyr, rhy, rip, yip

Definitions for Pyrrhic

[1] consisting of two short or unaccented syllables.
[2] composed of or pertaining to pyrrhics.
[3] Also called dibrach. a pyrrhic foot.
[4] an ancient Greek warlike dance in which the motions of actual warfare were imitated.
[5] of, relating to, or denoting this dance.
[6] of, relating to, or resembling Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, or his costly victory.
[7] a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables
[8] of or relating to such a metrical foot
[9] (of poetry) composed in pyrrhics
[10] a war dance of ancient Greece
[11] of or relating to this dance

Words nearby Pyrrhic

pyrotraumatic dermatitis, pyroxene, pyroxenite, pyroxylin, pyrrha, pyrrhic, pyrrhic victory, pyrrho, pyrrhonism, pyrrhotite, pyrrhuloxia

Origin of Pyrrhic

First recorded in 1880–85; Pyrrh(us) + -ic

Word origin for Pyrrhic

C17: Latin from Greek purrhikhios belonging to the purrhikhē war dance performed in armour; see pyrrhic 1