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pyrrhic

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

pyr·rhic

noun \ˈpir-ik\

Definition of PYRRHIC

: a metrical foot consisting of two short or unaccented syllables

Origin of PYRRHIC

Latin pyrrhichius, from Greek (pous) pyrrhichios, from pyrrhichē, a kind of dance
First Known Use: 1626

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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