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Pyrrhic
- adjective - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
- an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
- of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"
- of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"
- of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"
Pyrrhus
- noun - king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
Pyrrole
- - A nitrogenous heterocyclic base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.