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eurythmy

eurythmy noun: the harmony of features and proportion in architecture.

Noun

eurythmy (countable and uncountable, plural eurythmies)

  1. The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
  2. Graceful body movements to the rhythm of spoken words and music.
    • For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation.1988 December 11, Cheryl Clarke, “Still Shouting Down The Silence”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7
  3. Healthy, normal beating of the pulse; eurhythmia.

Forms of eurythmy

pluraleurythmies
alternative formeurhythmy

Origin of eurythmy

From Ancient Greek εὐρυθμία (euruthmía, “rhythmical order”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “symmetry”).

Questions about eurythmy

What does eurythmy mean?
Eurythmy means the harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
What part of speech is eurythmy?
Eurythmy is a noun.
What is the plural of eurythmy?
The plural of eurythmy is eurythmies.

Words near eurythmy in the dictionary

  1. eurythmicity
  2. eurythmics
  3. eurythmies
  4. eurythmist
  5. eurythmists
  6. eurythmy
  7. eurytolerant
  8. eurytomid
  9. eurytomids
  10. eurytopic
  11. eurytopical

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