Posted on 10/24/2012 5:28:00 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 24, 2012-- Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic [pir-ik] First syllable has short i sound, as in pyramid, NOT funeral pyre.
adjective
of, pertaining to, or resembling Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, or his costly victory.
Word Origin & History
Pyrrhic 1885, from Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who defeated Roman armies at Asculum, 280 B.C.E., but at such cost to his own troops that he was unable to follow up and attack Rome itself, and is said to have remarked, "one more such victory and we are lost."
Related forms
Pyrrhus -noun (ˈpɪrəs)
1. 319--272 bc , king of Epirus (306--272). He invaded Italy but was ultimately defeated by the Romans (275 bc )
2. another name for Neoptolemus
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