pyrrhic

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece (synset 303118907)
    "pyrrhic dance movements"
  2. Of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables (synset 303118742)
    "pyrrhic verses"
  3. Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) (synset 303118518)
    "a Pyrrhic victory"
Noun
  1. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables (synset 107110561)
    is a type of: foot, metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
    same as: dibrach
  2. An ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare (synset 100543621)
    is a type of: ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing - a dance that is part of a religious ritual

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