English
rhythmlessness
From rhythmless + -ness.
A compound of rhythm + -less + rhythmless
Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘a repeating, regular motion, vibration’
Latin rhythmus ‘rhythm’
English rhythm
Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘a repeating, regular motion, vibration’
Latin rhythmus ‘rhythm’
English rhythm
English rhythmless
Today it means
noun Absence of rhythm.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rhythmlessness”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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