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