rhythmic
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //ˈɹɪð.mɪk//
- //ˈɹɪð.mək//
Of or relating to rhythm.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to rhythm.
The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.
- 2
Characterized by rhythm.
- 3
Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
- 4
With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.
Forms
- comparative
- more rhythmic
- superlative
- most rhythmic