rhythmless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English rhythmless From rhythm + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without 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:
Deriveds
Translations (1)
grc ἄρρυθμος (without rhythm)