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Pyrrhic   Listen
adjective
Pyrrhic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet."
2.
(Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
Pyrrhic victory,
(a)
a victory in which the winning side sustains very heavy losses.
(b)
any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which the costs outweight the benefits.





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"Pyrrhic" Quotes from Famous Books



... dance as yet,— Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave,— Think ye he meant them for ...
— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 • Various
... dance as yet; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave— Think ye he meant them ...
— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 • Ministry of Education


Words linked to "Pyrrhic" :   dibrach, metrical foot, Pyrrhus, ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance, metrical unit, foot


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