| Noun | 1. | pyrrhic - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables | |
| 2. | pyrrhic - an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare | |
| Adj. | 1. | pyrrhic - of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements" | |
| 2. | pyrrhic - of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses" | |
| 3. | pyrrhic - of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory" | |