Definition of Pyrrhous

1. reddish [adj] - See also: reddish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrrhous

pyroxmangite
pyroxyle
pyroxyles
pyroxylic
pyroxylin
pyroxyline
pyroxylins
pyrrexhia
pyrrhic
pyrrhicist
pyrrhicists
pyrrhics
pyrrhotine
pyrrhotite
pyrrhotites
pyrrhous (current term)
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxias
pyrrobutamine
pyrrol
pyrrole
pyrroles
pyrrolic
pyrrolidine
pyrrolidines
pyrrolidinone
pyrrolidinones
pyrrolidinyl
pyrrolidinylthiambutene
pyrrolidone

Literary usage of Pyrrhous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray (1870)
"Macacus car- bonarius, var. pyrrhous, Blyth. ? Simla mulatta, Shaw. Hob. India : Bengal, Leschenault; Sumatra, ..."

2. 135000 Words Spelled and Pronounced (preferred Form): Together with Valuable by John Hendricks Bechtel (1911)
"Pyrrhic, pertaining to Pyrrhus. pyrrhous, of a reddish color. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. pyx or pix, a box for a compass; a case in which the host is reserved ..."

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