different between greek vs pyrrhic

English

Etymology

Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

greek (plural greeks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)

1. (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
2. (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

Derived terms

• greeking (noun)

Related terms

• it's all Greek to me

Anagrams

• Gerke

English

Etymology

From Latin pyrrhichius, from Ancient Greek ????????? (purrhíkhios), from ??????? (purrhíkh?, “war dance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.?k/

Adjective

pyrrhic (not comparable)

1. (prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).
2. Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”)
   • 2015, Dag Heward-Mills, A Good General, Dag Heward-Mills (?ISBN)

     In the ministry, it is important to avoid pyrrhic victories. What really is a pyrrhic victory? A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes with such devastating cost that ultimately nullifies the victory that has been achieved.

Translations

Noun

pyrrhic (plural pyrrhics)

1. An Ancient Greek war dance.
2. (prosody) A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.