rhythmic

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/
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/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/ · /ˈɹɪð.mək/

Definition of rhythmic

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to rhythm.
    “The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.”
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adj

  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.

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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 Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic…

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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 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.

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