Pyrrhic - Definition
Pyrrhic
adj 1: of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic
dance movements"
2: of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two
unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"
3: of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits
(especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to
defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"
n 1: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables [syn:
pyrrhic, dibrach]
2: an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare