pyrrhichius
/pɪˈrɪkɪəs/(also pyrrichius) Prosody. Now rare
noun
A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Palsgrave (d. 1554), teacher and scholar of languages. From classical Latin pyrrhichius, pyrrichius pyrrhic.
- horse cloth
- horse collar
- horse-coper
- horse dealer
- horse doctor
- horse-drawn
- horse duffer
- horsefeathers
- horseflesh
- horse float
- horsefly
- Horse Guards
- horsehair
- horsehair worm
- Horsehead Nebula
- horsehide
- horse latitudes
- horse laugh
- horseleech
- horseless
- horseless carriage
- horse-like
- horse mackerel
- horseman
- horsemanship