rhythmlessness

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noun

Absence of rhythm.

OriginEnglish rhythmless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- →
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Meanings

nounrhythmlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of rhythm.

    There is often little consciousness of meter, as if the music had reached a state of divine rhythmlessness.

    2000, Daniel Albright, Untwisting the Serpent: Modernism in Music, Literature, and Other Arts

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
  13. Englishrhythmlessness

From rhythmless + -ness.

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

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

Chicago

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

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