pyrrhics

We have found lemma(root) word of pyrrhics : pyrrhic.

Definitions


[ˈpɪrɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor
(e.g: the best they can hope for is a pyrrhic victory)


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Origin:
late 17th century: from Greek Pyrrhikos, from the name of Pyrrhus, a Greek king who defeated the Romans in 279 BC but sustained heavy losses, + -ic


[ˈpɪrɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables


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Origin:
early 17th century: via Latin from Greek purrhikhios (pous) ‘pyrrhic (foot)’, the metre of a song accompanying a war dance, named after Purrhikhos, inventor of the dance




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