[
UK
/pˈɪrhɪk/
]
[ US /ˈpɪɹɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪɹɪk/ ]
NOUN
- a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
- an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
pyrrhic verses -
of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
pyrrhic dance movements -
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
a Pyrrhic victory
How To Use pyrrhic In A Sentence
- It would have been a pyrrhic victory had he succeeded: Satyanand revealed that the police file had disappeared.
- But it could be a pyrrhic victory which does the West no good in the long term.
- This is that ‘peace’ in that troubled province is of the most bitterly pyrrhic kind.
- This was indeed a Pyrrhic victory, because West Indies cricket was assuredly the loser.
- He is still the man to beat, but his capture of the nomination, if it eventually occurs, has an increasingly pyrrhic feel, since the longer the contests go on, the clearer it becomes that most Republicans do not really support him. US Republicans: divided they stand | Editorial
- Another pyrrhic victory is likely to be added to an already long list.
- Let our political discourse focus on this, and perhaps, more pyrrhic victories can be avoided.
- She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
- pyrrhic verses
- Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡ _ ◡, tribrach ◡ ◡ ◡, pyrrhic ◡ ◡, paeon _ ◡ ◡ ◡, choriamb _ ◡ ◡ _. The Principles of English Versification