rhythmic
English
WOTD – 22 May 2006
Alternative forms
- rythmic
- rhythmick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/, /ˈɹɪð.mək/
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Adjective
rhythmic (comparative more rhythmic, superlative most rhythmic)
- Of or relating to rhythm.
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226:
- The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.
- Characterized by rhythm.
- Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
- With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to rhythm
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characterized by rhythm
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written in verse, especially rhyming verse
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with regular, repetitive motion or sound
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