different between pyrrhic vs myrrhic

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.

English

Etymology

myrrh +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m???ik/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??ik/
• Hyphenation: myrrh?ic

Adjective

myrrhic (not comparable)

1. Of, related to, or derived from myrrh.
2. (poetic) Having a pleasant fragrance; aromatic.
   • 1916, Emanuel Morgan [pseudonym; Witter Brynner], “The Locust-tree”, in Anne Knish [pseudonym; Arthur Davison Ficke]; Emanuel Morgan, Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments, New York, N.Y.: Mitchell Kennerley, OCLC 10672070, archived from the original on 22 July 2012, opus 45:

     All the fragrances of dew, O angel, are there, / The myrrhic rapture of young hair, […]

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:myrrhic.

Related terms

• myrrh
• myrrhic acid
• myrrhine

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