rhythmic
English
WOTD – 22 May 2006
Alternative forms
- rythmic
- rhythmick (obsolete)
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪð.mɪk/, /ˈɹɪð.mək/
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Derived terms
- arhythmic
- arrhythmic
- biorhythmic
- dysrhythmic
- idiorrhythmic
- rhythmic
- irrhythmic
- isorhythmic
- polyrhythmic
- rhythmic contemporary
- rhythmic gesture
- rhythmic gymnast
- rhythmic gymnastics
- rhythmic pattern
- rhythmic unit
- rhythmical
- rhythmicize
- unrhythmic
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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