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rhythmic
/ˈɹɪð.mɪk//ˈɹɪð.mək/
adjective
What it means
In a sentence
The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226
Where it comes from
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
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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