eurhythmyn.
/juːˈrɪθmi/ 1. Architecture. Harmony in the proportions of a building.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > [noun] > quality of building > harmony in proportions
eurhythmy1624
eurhythm1831
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 118 Eurythmia is that agreeable Harmony, betweene the breadth, length and height of all the Roomes of the Fabrique..which suddenly..taketh euery Beholder.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 970 Eurithmy, the regular, just, and symmetrical measures resulting from harmony in the proportions of a building or order.
1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §118 As well as the law of symmetry and eurhythmy.
2. Pathology. Regularity of the pulse.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > of specific parts of body
tone1669
eupepsia1706
eupepsy1721
eurhythmy1721
pepticity1838
eupepticity1849
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Eurithmy, an excellent Disposition of the Pulse.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Eurythmia, regularity in beat of the pulse.
3. In wider senses of Greek εὐρυθμία:
a. Rhythmical order or movement.
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the world > time > frequency > [noun] > being periodical or regularity
periodicalness1671
eurhythmy1706
rhythm1778
periodicity1820
regularity1856
seasonality1934
recursiveness1936
recursivity1952
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1844 C. Beck & C. C. Felton tr. E. Munk Metres Greeks & Romans 1 The artistic figure, as well as the artistic rhythm, must be beautiful. In this case we say the artistic figure has symmetry, and the artistic rhythm has eurhythmy.
b. A graceful proportion and carriage of the body.
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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
Draft additions 1993
c. Education. Usually eurythmy. [ < German Eurhythmie (Steiner & Wegman Grundlegendes d. Heilkunst (1925) xviii. 86).] An art of expression, involving stylized movement in response to music and rhythmical speech, devised by Rudolf Steiner and practised in classes throughout schools run according to his educational principles. Cf. eurhythmic n.
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society > leisure > dancing > dancing school or class > [noun] > system of movements developed by Steiner
eurhythmy1925
society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > expressive movement
eurhythmy1925
1925 tr. Steiner & Wegman's Fundamentals of Therapy xviii. 119 Eurhythmy is done throughout the school in addition to..Gymnastics... In Eurhythmy the full human being—body, soul and spirit—goes out into movement. The growing child..experiences the Eurhythmy exercises as a perfectly natural expression of his human nature.
1940 A. C. Harwood Way of Child viii. 103 The early morning headwork should be succeeded by work which calls the rhythmic system strongly into play, such lessons as..Eurhythmy.
1955 R. E. Raab tr. Wachsmuth's Life & Work R. Steiner 179 Frau Marie Steiner, who henceforth nurtured and guided the art of Eurythmy..to its full flowering.
1974 M. Raffé et al. Eurythmy & Impulse of Dance ii. 27 The art of Eurythmy is one of the channels through which the spirit is again revealing itself.
1984 Anthroposophical Rev. VI. ii. 20/2 Not only do we recognize at times that the eurythmy we learn to do contains life secrets: also, while doing it, the involuntary motions, emotions, the helpless inevitability of everyday actions and reactions, are made purposeful and ennobled.
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