1. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

2. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

1. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece;

"pyrrhic dance movements"

2. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables;

"pyrrhic verses"

3. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans);

"a Pyrrhic victory"