pyrrhic

pyrrhic is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
3. noun. An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.
4. noun. A foot consisting of two short syllables.
5. noun. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
6. noun. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

   Synonyms: dibrach

7. adjective. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)

   "a Pyrrhic victory"

8. adjective. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables

   "pyrrhic verses"

9. adjective. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece

   "pyrrhic dance movements"

Synonyms

dibrach

Common word forms

pyrrhics

Words from these letters

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