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pyrrhic

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted chiprryStarts with PEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

Word origin

From Latin pyrrhichius (“dibrach”), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”), from πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Used in a sentence

  • Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die.
  • As victories go, it look^([sic]) distinctly pyrrhic – shades of Nixon and North Vietnam in 1972.
  • The Pyrrhic army lost the Pyrrhic war.

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