Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pyrrhic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
metrical unit | Yes | No | No | No |
pyrrhic (noun) | metrical unit (noun) |
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an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables |
pyrrhic (adjective) | metrical unit (adjective) |
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of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) | |
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables | |
of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece |