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Pyrrhic victory(finance)
Pyrrhic victory(dictionary)

Pyrrhic (iou)



Pyrrhic adjective3. L19.
[Greek purrhikos, from Purrhos, Latin Pyrrhus, king of Epirus: see -IC.]
Of a victory: gained at too great a cost, like that of Pyrrhus over the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC.