Pyrrhic /pirˈik/

Relating to or associated with Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (c.319–272BC)

Pyrrhic victory noun

A victory gained at too great a cost, in allusion to Pyrrhus's exclamation after his defeat of the Romans at Heraclea on the Siris (280), ‘Another such victory and we are lost’

pyrrhic /pirˈik/

1. An ancient Greek war dance
2. A foot of two short syllables (prosody)

Relating to the dance or to the foot

pyrrhicist /pirˈi-sist/ noun (historical)

A pyrrhic dancer

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