English Explanatory Dictionary

isorhythmic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to or using isorhythm.
  2. In ancient prosody, equal in the number of times for thesis and arsis, as a dactyl and anapest.

Word forms

isorhythmic

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic English isorhythmic From iso- + rhythmic.

Derived words

isorhythmically
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