Pyrrhus
/ˈpɪrəs
/ (Circa 318–272 bc), king of Epirus circa 307–272. After invading Italy in 280, he defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279, but sustained heavy losses; the term pyrrhic victory is named in allusion to this.
Rhymes
- double-dealing
- double-decker
- double-declutch
- double decomposition
- double denim
- double-density
- doubled haploid
- double digging
- double-digit
- double-dip
- double-dipper
- double-dip recession
- double dissolution
- double dot
- double-double
- double down
- double dribble
- double dummy
- double Dutch
- double-dyed
- double eagle
- double-edged
- double effect
- double-ender
- double entendre