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pyrrhical

pyrrhical adjective: pyrrhic.

Adjective

pyrrhical (not comparable)

  1. pyrrhic

Origin of pyrrhical

From pyrrhic + -al.

Questions about pyrrhical

What does pyrrhical mean?
Pyrrhical means pyrrhic.
What part of speech is pyrrhical?
Pyrrhical is an adjective.

Words near pyrrhical in the dictionary

  1. Pyrrha
  2. pyrrhexia
  3. pyrrhic
  4. pyrrhic victories
  5. pyrrhic victory
  6. pyrrhical
  7. pyrrhichius
  8. pyrrhicist
  9. pyrrhicists
  10. pyrrhics
  11. pyrrhite

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