The meaning of Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic – definition
adjective(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Usage examples:
The best they can hope for is a pyrrhic victory
nounA metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables.
adjectiveRelating to a victory that is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it
Usage examples:
Disraeli's personal triumph was very much a pyrrhic one for his party., the memo admitted that this…
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Word origin
early 17th century: via Latin from Greek purrhikhios (pous) ‘pyrrhic (foot)’, the metre of a song accompanying a war dance, named after Purrhikhos, inventor of the dance.
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