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pyhrric

pyhrric is the misspelling of Pyrrhic.

Meaning of Pyrrhic

Adjective

Pyrrhic (comparative more Pyrrhic, superlative most Pyrrhic)

  1. (not comparable, Ancient Greece) Of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BCE), Greek general and statesman.
    • The Pyrrhic army lost the Pyrrhic war.
  2. (broadly) Achieved at too great a cost or detriment to have been worthwhile (as a victory, accomplishment, etc).
    • Although this syndrome is thought to resemble patterns of Pyrrhic revenge […]1993, Steven Berglas, Roy F. Baumeister, Your Own Worst Enemy: Understanding the Paradox, page 166

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Adjective capitalized: Pyhrric

Pyhrric

  1. (misspelling) Misspelling of Pyrrhic.

Questions about pyhrric

What is pyhrric the misspelling of?
Pyhrric is the misspelling of Pyrrhic.
What part of speech is pyhrric?
Pyhrric is an adjective.

Words near pyhrric in the dictionary

  1. pygostyled
  2. pygostyles
  3. pygostylian
  4. pygostylians
  5. pygostylous
  6. pyhrric
  7. Pyhtää
  8. pyic
  9. pyin
  10. pyinkado
  11. pyinma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pyhrric (page history and authors); Pyhrric (page history and authors); Pyrrhic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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