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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