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rhythming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪðəmɪŋ/
  • /ˈɹɪðmɪŋ/

Etymology

From rhythm + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Writing rhythm or verse.
    • the rhythming monk 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

rhythming en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪðəmɪŋ/
  • /ˈɹɪðmɪŋ/

Etymology

From rhythm + -ing.

Meanings

  1. A rhythmic pattern; cadence.
    • I'd interrupted the rhythmings I'd created for myself, patterns that were lifelines after I'd gone straight edge years earlier. 2021, Shaka McGlotten, Dragging: Or, in the Drag of a Queer Life:
    • We can see from the example of Japanese etoku a different mode of learning and approaching the world, the significance of which is seldom perceived in everyday life, how important rhythming, sensitization and beat, mimetic assimilation, and practical skill are for human development. 2019, Joan Ramon Resina, Christoph Wulf, Repetition, Recurrence, Returns: How Cultural Renewal Works, page xv:
    • Now in cases like log sawing and ballroom dancing, it is crucial to their rhythming that they be shared . 1997, Charles Taylor, Philosophical Arguments, page 172:
    • Let's have more rhythmings from thy harps, my Ariel! 1847, Edwin F. Roberts, Athanase; a Dramatic Poem, page 74:

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rhythming en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪðəmɪŋ/
  • /ˈɹɪðmɪŋ/

Etymology

From rhythm + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of rhythm
    form of rhythm