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rhythmic

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WOTD – 22 May 2006

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Etymology

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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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Adjective

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rhythmic (comparative more rhythmic, superlative most rhythmic)

  1. 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.
  2. Characterized by rhythm.
  3. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
  4. With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

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