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How to pronounce “pyrrhic”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of pyrrhic with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Sahil Bloom
as the Pyrrhic victory, this idea of the victory that
- Definition summary
- (prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).
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How to pronounce pyrrhic
Sahil Bloom
as the Pyrrhic victory, this idea of the victory that
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pyrrhic”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).
- Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”).
- [Noun]
- An Ancient Greek war dance.
- (prosody) A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
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