pyrrhic

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  1. noun A metrical foot having two short or unaccented syllables.
  2. adjective Of or characterized by pyrrhics.

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  • As he rolled to his feet and continued backing away, the creature spat out chunks of rock. —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
  • His saber cut a black line across the underside of the jaw as he stumbled clear, to bang into one of the thick pillars supporting the roof. —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
  • Luke gulped for air, while Vader showed less aplomb and increasing tension. —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
  • Had he resisted it unsuccessfully it would have thrown him across the chamber and through the temple wall. —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
  • "They'd better." —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
 

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  1. Latin pyrrhicius, from Greek purrikhios, from purrikhē, a war dance, perhaps from Purrikhos, supposed inventor of the dance.

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  1. from Latin pyrrhicha, pyrrhiche, from Greek πυρρίχη, a kind of war-dance, said to be named from Pyrrhichus, the inventor, from Πύρριχος, Pyrrhichus.
  2. from Latin pyrrhichius, from Greek πυρρίχιος, of or belonging to the pyrrhic (dance) (που\ς πυρρίχιος, a pyrrhic foot), from πυρρίχη, a pyrrhic: see pyrrhic.
 

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/ˈpɪrɪk/
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