counterrhythmic

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adjective

Exhibiting or pertaining to counterrhythm.

OriginEnglish rhythmic ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós →
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Meanings

adjectivecounterrhythmic (comparative more counterrhythmic, superlative most counterrhythmic)

comparative more counterrhythmic · superlative most counterrhythmic

  1. Exhibiting or pertaining to counterrhythm.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  16. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  17. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  18. Englishrhythmic
  19. Englishcounterrhythmic

From counter- + rhythmic.

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APA

counterrhythmic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrhythmic

MLA

“counterrhythmic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrhythmic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterrhythmic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterrhythmic.

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