A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Palsgrave (d. 1554), teacher and scholar of languages. From classical Latin pyrrhichius, pyrrichiuspyrrhic.
Definition of pyrrhichius in US English:
pyrrhichius
(also pyrrichius)
nounpɪˈrɪkɪəs
Prosody rare
A metrical foot consisting of two short syllables.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Palsgrave (d. 1554), teacher and scholar of languages. From classical Latin pyrrhichius, pyrrichius pyrrhic.