PYRRHIC


Meaning of PYRRHIC in English

n. & adj.

n. a metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables.

adj. written in or based on pyrrhics.

[ L pyrrhichius f. Gk purrhikhios (pous) pyrrhic (foot) ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.