rhythmless

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adjective

Without rhythm.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English rhythm →
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Meanings

adjectiverhythmless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout rhythm.

    ‘OK,’ Fatou said, and set off, and she found that each lap was more distracted and rhythmless than the last. She was not used to being watched while she swam.

    2013, Zadie Smith, The Embassy of Cambodia, Hamish Hamilton, page 62

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  4. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  5. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  6. Latinrhythmus
  7. Englishrhythm
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. Englishrhythmless

From rhythm + -less.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄρρυθμος
  • ἄρρυθμος (árrhuthmos)without rhythm
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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