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Definition of: pyrrhic
(pir′ik) noun
A foot in ancient prosody composed of two short syllables.
—adjective Of, pertaining to, or composed of pyrrhics. [<L (pes) pyrrhicius a pyrrhic (foot) <Gk. (pous) pyrrichios warlike, martial]
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