单词 | rhythmless |
释义 | rhythmlessadj. Lacking in rhythm or a sense of rhythm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > unrhythmic unrhythmical1777 rhythmless1814 unrhythmic1826 arrhythmic1853 arrhythmical1881 1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 510 S[outhey] has bedevilified into vilest Rhyme rhythmless the leading §§s of the Courier. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 217 Such rhythmless writing. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music vi. 208 Anything that happens..is formed into a kind of song,..rhythmless and rhymeless. 1921 Times 24 Dec. 8/1 The carols have long since suffered a similar operation, apparently, for nothing but a rhythmless wail of what the ‘ayngels did sye’ percolates through the keyhole. 1968 T. Kinsella Nightwalker 48 Last night, the West's rhythmless waves destroyed my sleep. 1996 Time Out N.Y. 19 June 22/4 A whole lot of rhythmless relatives stomping and jerking around a dance floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1814 |
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